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A Nepalese peacekeeper
with the African Union-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) plants a tree
outside UNAMID Headquarters in El Fasher, Sudan.
PHOTO:UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran
Though humanity has always counted its war casualties in
terms of dead and wounded soldiers and civilians, destroyed cities and
livelihoods, the environment has
often remained the unpublicized victim of war. Water wells have been polluted, crops torched,
forests cut down, soils poisoned, and animals killed to gain military advantage. [Ask
your legislators to add environmental damage to its war casualties count. –Dick]
Furthermore, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has found that
over the last 60 years, at least 40 percent of all internal conflicts have been
linked to the exploitation of natural resources, whether high-value resources
such as timber, diamonds, gold and oil, or scarce resources such as fertile
land and water. Conflicts involving natural resources have also been found to
be twice as likely to relapse.
The United Nations attaches great importance to ensuring
that action on the environment is part of conflict
prevention, peacekeeping and peacebuilding strategies,
because there can be no durable peace if the natural resources that sustain
livelihoods and ecosystems are destroyed.
On 5 November 2001, the UN General Assembly declared 6
November of each year as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation
of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (A/RES/56/4).
On 27 May 2016, the United Nations Environment Assembly
adopted resolution UNEP/EA.2/Res.15, which recognized the
role of healthy ecosystems and sustainably managed resources in reducing the
risk of armed conflict, and reaffirmed its strong commitment to the full
implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals listed in General
Assembly resolution 70/1, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development”.
Partnerships
EU-UN Partnership on Land and Natural Resource
Conflicts
Six United Nations agencies and departments (UNEP, UNDP,
UNHABITAT, PBSO, DPA and DESA), coordinated by the UN Framework Team for
Preventive Action, have partnered with the European Union (EU) to help
countries identify, prevent and transform tensions over natural resource as
part of conflict prevention and peacebuilding programmes.
Global Research Programme on Post-Conflict
Peacebuilding and Natural Resources
The Environmental Law Institute (ELI), United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Universities of Tokyo and McGill
initiated a global research programme to collect lessons learned and good
practices on managing natural resources during post-conflict peacebuilding.
This four-year research project has yielded more than 150 peer-reviewed case
studies by over 230 scholars, practitioners and decision-makers from 55
countries. This represents the most significant collection to date of
experiences, analyses and lessons in managing natural resources to support
post-conflict peacebuilding.
UN Partnership on Women and Natural Resources in
Peacebuilding Settings
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),
the United Nations Entity for Gender Equity and the Empowerment of
Women (UN Women), the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Peacebuilding Support
Office (PBSO) have established a partnership to collaborate on
improving the understanding of the complex relationship between women and
natural resources in conflict-affected settings, and make the case for pursuing
gender equality, women’s empowerment and sustainable natural resource
management together in support of peacebuilding. The first outcome of the
collaboration is a joint policy report released on 6
November 2013.
If we are to achieve the SDGs, we need to act boldly and
urgently to reduce the risks that environmental degradation and climate change
present for conflict and commit to protecting our planet from the debilitating
effects of war.
António Guterres
Resources
Documents
·
Resolution
A/RES/56/4 declaring the
Day
·
Protection of the environment in areas affected by armed
conflict (UNEP/EA.2/Res.15)
·
UN
Resolution on Environmental Sustainability in Mali Peacekeeping Operations [S/RES/2100 (2013)]
·
Environment and Security: a Global Agenda for UNEP [UNEP/GC.23/INF/21]
·
Publications
on Environmental Peacebuilding
Policy Reports
·
Women and Natural Resources: Unlocking the Peacebuilding
Potential
·
Protecting the Environment During Armed Conflict: An
Inventory and Analysis of International Law
·
From Conflict to Peacebuilding: The Role of Natural
Resources and the Environment
Guidance Notes
·
Natural resource management in transition settings – UNDG/
ECHA Guidance Note
·
The EU-UN partnership on Land and Natural Resource Conflicts
UN System
·
UNEP Disasters and Conflicts Programme
·
UNEP Disasters and Conflicts Programme (brochure)
·
UNEP Environmental
Cooperation for Peacebuilding Programme
·
Environmental
Emergencies Centre
·
UN Development Programme
(UNDP)
·
UNDP Crisis Prevention & Recovery
·
UN Entity for Gender
Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
·
UN International Law Commission: Protection of the environment
in relation to armed conflicts
Related Observances
·
International
Day of UN Peacekeepers
·
International Day of Forests
·
International
Mother Earth Day
·
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Saving future generations from the scourge of war was the main
motivation for creating the United Nations, whose founders lived through the
devastation of two world wars. Since its creation, the UN has often been called
upon to prevent disputes from escalating into war, or to help restore peace
following the outbreak of armed conflict, and to promote lasting peace in
societies emerging from wars.
The
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading
global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda,
promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of
sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an
authoritative advocate for the global environment.
Why do we
mark International Days?
International days and weeks are occasions to
educate the public on issues of concern, to mobilize political will and
resources to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce
achievements of humanity. The existence of international days predates the
establishment of the United Nations, but the UN has embraced them as a powerful
advocacy tool. We also mark other UN observances.
As a supporter of the United Nations, OMNI seeks understanding through local engagement within international and planetary peace perspectives. Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology.
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