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Is there a possibility to maintain World Peace across the globe? This is a question I always wanted to know ever since I was a kid. Because ever since my mom showed me movies in which for some reason there was always conflict between at least 2 foreign countries, I always thought to myself “Why is it so hard to main peace?” or “Is there such a thing as World Peace?” Because personally I am more of a pacifist type of guy and I strongly believe that war and violence don’t solve anything, but it only brings destruction and chaos. So here I found an article that I think could possibly answer my question or point me even closer to the answer. The article “World Peace Is Not Only Possible but Inevitable” explains how there are several opportunities to sustain peace. “Several opportunities to enhance our work with peacebuilders, activists, and other populations in bringing about sustainable change and to ensure we recognize and articulate with greater clarity their latent capacity may include the following:

• To stand with women peacebuilders to ensure they are recognized for their work and courage, have full inclusion and representation in local and global peace and recovery processes and are protected against threats, and are receiving the resources to carry out their work. This year will mark the 20th anniversary of WPS, and UNDP is proud to join the International Civil Society Action Network(ICAN) and the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL) as they launch the global #shebuildspeace call to action and campaign building on our partnership on Invisible Women.
• To recognize the powers endowed in people of faith, especially women of faith, at all levels. Women of faith are actively engaging in the local peace process and they are advocating against hate speech, initiatives addressing issues connected to the environment, like climate. UNDP and UN Women’s report on Conflicting Identities: The Nexus between Masculinities, Femininities and Violent Extremism in Asia recommend Programming take a whole-of-family and hole-of-community approach when designing interventions.
• To recognize the essentiality of community-based peacebuilding as parallel or pre-requisite to high-level negotiations. The effects of COVID-19 proved that local trust, access, and resilience are an essential part of social cohesion.
• To include and appreciate young climate change advocates, environmental defenders, and environmental journalists who have recognized that creation is an organic whole and they are promoting systems required to respect the earth and to organize and fully utilize its raw materials. Their inclusion is essential in programs that promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies.
• To acknowledge the role of storytellers who provoke conversations, initiate reflections and; and work of volunteer online defenders and work of volunteer online defenders from across the globe combating trolls who spread hate speech.
• To show gratitude to the unique contribution of Indigenous peoples to our planet and our common future.
• To recognize persons with disabilities as having significant experience and innovative approaches to navigating barriers in their daily lives.
• To learn how people make decisions and act on them, how they think about, influence, and relate to one another, and how they develop beliefs and attitudes. We are working with young people to apply behavioral insights to address violent extremism in countries such as Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
• To recognize persons with disabilities as having significant experience and innovative approaches to navigating barriers in their daily lives.”

This quote shows 9 ways how we can achieve peace. Or at least a start on the “World Peace Is Not Only Possible but Inevitable” article. This article explains how we need to support and stand with our community and people who are trying to do a difference to help countries who are trying to achieve peace or a start to it. Here in this part of the quote “To learn how people make decisions and act on them, how they think about, influence, and relate to one another, and how they develop beliefs and attitudes. We are working with young people to apply behavioral insights to address violent extremism in countries such as Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.” This particular quote supports my question that had in general which was “Is there a possibility to maintain World Peace across the globe?” How learning how people make decisions and how they act on them is the key point on why people go to war or why they either have peace or not. Just learning this can help avoid conflict.

The article “World Peace Is Not Only Possible but Inevitable” has a quote that states, “The innovation and resilience showed by communities amidst the pandemic have underscored the need for more expansive understandings of human relationships, and to place more emphasis on identifying the latent capacities and desires of those we hope to serve. This means believing in people and their desires to be sources of peace and justice. This means opening our eyes to the extent of people’s capacity so that we can see more peacebuilders and changemakers in more places. This means embracing the oneness of humankind and human nobility as a foundation for how we develop our policies and programs.” See this quote has answers or at least attempts to explain how doing this we can come closer to peace and even possible World Peace.