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Village of Brussels
& the
Brussels
P.U.C.
887-6572
Silence
Township
of
Morris
887-6137
Township
of
Grey
887-6268
The
Village
of Blyth
& the
Blyth Public
Utilities
Commission
523-4545
Clinton Chapel
Blyth Chapel
482-9521
Michael S. Falconer
Christopher M. Smith
Robin Lapenste
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During the first half of this century, some 1.5
million Canadians were called upon to defend peace
and freedom around the world during the First World
War, the Second World War and the Korean War.
Over 110,000 Canadians died. Following these
terrible conflicts, Canada began looking for ways to
prevent wars. Contemporary peacekeeping is a natural
extension of Canada’s longstanding commitment to
the principles of peace and freedom.
Following the Second World War. Canada was
involved in military observer missions in the late
1940s, particularly during the Arab-Israeli and the
India-Pakistan conflicts. From 1950 to 1953, Canada
joined other UN nations to resist aggression during
the Korean War. However, it wasn’t until 1956 that
the term peacekeeping entered the popular
vocabulary, thanks to a Canadian.
During the Suez Crisis of 1956, Secretary of State
for External Affairs Lester B. Pearson — later
Canada’s 14th prime minister - proposed that
multinational UN peacekeeping forces be sent to the
Suez to separate the warring parties. For his visionary
idea, Pearson was awarded the 1957 Nobel Peace
Prize.
Peacekeepers are traditionally placed between
hostile forces to supervise cease-fires and the
withdrawal of opposing forces. In recent years the roll
of peacekeepers has expanded to include the delivery
of humanitarian aid, the supervision of elections, the
repatriation of refugees, the disarming of warring
factions and the reclamation of shattered landscapes
through the clearing of mines, etc. Another
increasingly important aspect of peacekeeping is
support for stable government and human rights,
including the organization of electoral systems and
the training of police forces and the judiciary. These
new peacekeeping activities now involve many
Canadian civilians, in addition to the Canadian Armed
Forces.
Canada is one of a handful of nations to which the
United Nations can regularly turn to obtain
peacekeeping advice and expert peacekeepers. Canada has
participated in the overwhelming majority of peacekeeping
operations mandated by the United Nations Security
Council. Tens of thousands of Canadians have served in
more than 40 separate peacekeeping missions. But Canada’s
contribution to peacekeeping is not without risk; over 100
Canadians have died in peacekeeping operations and
hundreds more have been wounded.
In 1988, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded collectively
to UN peacekeepers in recognition of their historic efforts to
limit violence and promote peace. A Canadian invented
peacekeeping and Canada has always been one of the
world’s most committed peacekeeping nations.
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GENERAL
Rick Elliott
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Brussels 887-6336
Gorrie 335-6510
Branch 420
11 a.m.
Sunday, Nov. 7/99
Church Service at
Londesboro United Church
November 11,1999
Remembrance Day Service
to be held at the Blyth
Memorial Hall at 10:45 a.m.
with Pastor Les Cook
officiating.
The parade parties will meet at
the Blyth Legion
at 10:15 a.m.
Branch 218
November 11,1999
10:30 a.m. Cenotaph Service
11:15 Church Service to
follow at Melville Presbyterian
Church, Brussels.
2:00 p.m. Huronlea Service
There will be a lunch and social
time to follow the 11:15 service
at the Legion.
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