The World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy (WFM-IGP) supports and promotes the creation of a United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS). UNEPS would become the first permanent, rapidly deployable, multidimensional, individually recruited and highly trained United Nations emergency force against genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. UNEPS would offer a rapid, comprehensive and internationally legitimate response to conflicts and humanitarian crises, saving hundreds of thousands of innocent lives and billions of dollars through early and often preventive action.
In the wake of the comprehensive reappraisal of UN peace operations' doctrine and concepts laid out by the seminal Brahimi Report in 2000, a diverse coalition of organizations and individuals decided to form a Working Group for the creation of UNEPS. Since then WFM-IGP has been acting as an interim co-secretariat of the Working Group along with Global Action to Prevent War and Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
The Working Group has so far organized a series of conferences in North America, Europe and Australia and published a book (A United Nations Emergency Peace Service: To Prevent Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, 2006) with the objective of enhancing research and analysis on a UNEPS and raising awareness of the UNEPS initiative. WFM-IGP is well aware that many aspects of the UNEPS proposal need to be improved and as many problems remain to be addressed. This is why we seek to continually refine as well as to constructively engage other non-governmental organizations and concerned individuals for consultation on the UNEPS proposal with the aim of propelling larger public debate on the issue.
WFM-IGP believes that it is crucial to prepare a solid and convincing proposal for a UNEPS, so as to be ready whenever the political will arises on the part of the UN Member States to encourage the creation of a UNEPS.
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Introduction to Peace and Conflict Prevention | Conflict Prevention | United Nations Emergency Peace Service | Human Security and Terrorism
