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Canada's peacekeeping rola
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, Mr.
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 role 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: more than 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. In a small way, every Canadian
can share in the honour the Nobel Prize confers on
the peacekeepers of the world, including Canada's
peacekeepers.
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Their All
For Us.
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Members of the Seaforth Legion took part in a Remembrance
church service Sunday morning at St. James Catholic Church.
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11
PARADE and SERVICE
10:30 AM • Pie to Cenotaph from Left 11:00 AM • Service at Cenotich
Following the service, the parade will return to the Legion Halt,
The Support of the Public For These Annual Events Will Be Appreciated
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