Why+is+Peacekeeping+needed?

Peacekeeping has always been a way to resolve conflicts in the past, even now. What would’ve happened if there wasn’t peacekeeping through all these past times? Would we still be here today? Would there even be a trace of humans today, or even any sign of life?
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The answer would be: war, devastation, death, and more. I’m here today, all of you here today, are here because there has been peace; and also war. Peacekeeping works sometimes, but sometimes not so why even try in the first place if you’re not sure whether or not it’s going to work or not? Well as everyone knows, it’s always better to try something first than just giving up in the first place and not even trying. When you try at least there’s a chance of succeeding, and every piece of hope counts.

But why would we even need peacekeeping in the first place? Well, believe it or not if it weren’t for some of these peacekeeping missions being successful, the children in our generation wouldn’t even be here today. Maybe not even our parents. We were always taught to not get into arguments and conflicts with other people when we were small, but then why do people still do it after they’ve grown? A lot of people have hatred inside them, and that’s one of the main reasons why war and conflicts begin. War doesn’t just suddenly get so big in one day, it starts off as a small problem and grows and grows with time until it gets unbelievably big and unable to stop just like that. Peacekeeping, also needs time to build so it can grow strong and actually have an effect on the problem to solve it.

Even though there is peacekeeping now, there wasn’t any peacekeeping at all before. That’s why wars happened so often and a lot of people died because of war. No one was there to stop the war when it started of a small thing first, so it became into war. But now that there are peacekeeping troops such as the [|United Nations Peacekeeping], there has been less conflict. Of course, conflicts and fights still occur between countries and nations but at least it has lessened. For example the UN peacekeeping helped the country of Sierra Leone come to an end of an 11 year civil war which helped the country go into a democratic transition and better governance while also going into peace and the same time (if you want to find out more about what has been done by the UN Peacekeeping click here). Like what [|John Andrew Holme]s said, “Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war.” Just look at the amount of people getting hurt and wounded from war. They’re willing to risk their lives fighting than risking it for happiness and peace. But why is that? Weren’t we always taught to get along with our peers and not fight? Why are people still doing it? If people are still going to do it anyway, then why learn it in the first place? I believe we all have been educated, and are being educated right now, so we might as well use our chance properly. Because well, after all we know we have futures ahead of us; we don’t know what it’s like but it will not be full of war. Because we will try to make a change.

http://thinkexist.com/quotes/john_andrew_holmes/ http://www.quotegarden.com/teamwork.html http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/faq/q18.htm
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By: Ya Chun