Violence and peacelessness continue to prevail worldwide. These realities affect
society as it continues to inflict suffering among the people of various creed and races.
Interstate wars and internal armed conflict inflict on the people hunger and deprivation,
violations of human rights, discrimination of all kinds, and environmental destruction.
Various dimensions of peacelessness are seen in on going wars in Northern Ireland, South
Africa, SriLanka, Israel/Palestine, and the Philippines. The root causes of the conflict are
complex involving economic, social, cultural and political factors. more |