{"id":3604,"date":"2018-06-01T08:29:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T08:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=3604"},"modified":"2024-11-26T17:49:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T17:49:08","slug":"29th-may-un-international-day-of-peacekeepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2018\/06\/01\/29th-may-un-international-day-of-peacekeepers\/","title":{"rendered":"29th May: UN International Day of Peacekeepers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/peacekeepersday\/\">29th May is UN International Day of Peacekeepers<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">. On the 70th anniversary view a list of those who died in 2017 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">and explore other free resources.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The main <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/peacekeeping.un.org\/en\">UN peacekeeping website <\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">describes the role and where peacekeepers are currently operating.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">It include<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/peacekeeping.un.org\/en\/data\">s data<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"> on deployment, personnel and fatalities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Other useful resources include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/peacekeeping.un.org\/en\/publications\">Year in Review publications from 2004<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"> onwards plus maps and reports from current peacekeeping missions.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Institute for Economics and Peace is the world\u2019s leading think tank dedicated to developing metrics to analyse peace and to quantify its economic value. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visionofhumanity.org\/app\/uploads\/2017\/06\/GPI17-Report.pdf\">Global Peace Index 2017<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">. It includes reviews of trends in peacekeeping and economic assessments.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rand.org\/topics\/united-nations.html\">US think tank Rand <\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">has also conducted some reviews of UN effectiveness in peacekeeping and nation building.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/testimonies\/united-nations-peacekeeping-and-opportunities-for-reform\/\">Brookings Institution. <\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.una.org.uk\/un-peacekeeping-detail\">United Nations Association UK<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"> discusses the role of Britain and the UN.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>29th May is UN International Day of Peacekeepers. On the 70th anniversary view a list of those who died in 2017 and explore other free resources. The main UN peacekeeping website describes the role and where peacekeepers are currently operating.\u00a0 It includes data on deployment, personnel and fatalities. 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