UNEPS Library

Our global challenges require A United Nations Emergency Peace Service Read more.

Despite having primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, the UN still lacks a dedicated capacity to respond rapidly, prevent armed conflict, protect people, and provide security. Read more.

The sharp increase in global volatility caused by the worsening effects of the climate emergency has increased the likelihood of more armed conflict, threatening our interconnected world. In view of rising geopolitical tension, gross human rights abuses and outright war of aggression, now more than ever, we need a stronger and more agile UN; one capable of maintaining peace and advancing sustainable common security. Read More

This dysfunctional, war-prone system does not need to be anarchic nor ruled and selectively enforced by the strongest or the Western military alliance, NATO. Read More

With the development of a United Nations Emergency Peace Service—effectively a ‘911 first-responder for complex emergencies—the UN would finally have capacity to address some of its tougher assigned tasks. Read more.

Being better prepared could save millions of lives and trillions of dollars. The global health crisis has become a wake-up call to cooperate for a more just and secure world. Read more.

On Dec. 1, the Globe and Mail and CBC co-sponsored a high-powered debate on humanitarian intervention at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Days before the event, the public was asked for its preferred question, and the clear winner was: “Should the UN have its own intervention capability such as the proposed permanent UN Emergency Peace Service?”   Read More