as the pioneers and catalysts for peace. There are lots of organizations and projects being built globally to foster peace. One of these is the “Empowering 900 Filipino Youth in Peace Building”. The project that aims to raise schoolchildren as peacemakers. Creating a library involving students as volunteers‚ organizing trainings for the whole community‚ creating a student service club that will then become the basis for a volunteer and peace movement are the ways they are doing to realize their goal
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In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Benvolio and Tybalt are considered a dramatic foil. Benvolio is a peacemaker. Tybalt is one who looks for fights. Tybalt and Benvolio are complete opposites. In the opening scene‚ Benvolio and Mercutio are out in the town when Tybalt approaches them. Benvolio tries to stop a fight to break out but draws his sword out of sheer protection as stated‚ “I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword‚ or manage it to part these men with me.” (1.1.61-62).
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innocent individuals. War is seen to be the very last resort to be used only after all peaceful alternatives have been used to deal with any situation. A quote that supports the belief of the The Just War Theory‚ in Matthew 5:9 states “Blessed are the peacemakers‚ they shall be call God’s children.” This verse does not really take war out of context‚ although much rather provides an overall summary of all the actions needed in order to achieve peace. St Augustine had introduced the The Just War Theory
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Ethno-Political Conflicts: The Rwandan Genocide The Rwandan Genocide was the systematic murder of members of Rwanda ’s Tutsi ethnic minority and moderate Hutu sympathizers in 1994. The diplomatic efforts to end the conflict were initially seen as successful but the rising tensions among the population made it difficult to come to a conflict ending agreement. Over the course of about 100 days‚ from April 6 to mid-July‚ 1994 at least 500‚000 Tutsis‚ and thousands of Hutus‚ were the victims
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society males were the head of their households‚ leaders‚ protectors‚ and warriors‚ while women were peacemakers‚ motivators‚ and cupbearers. In most accounts of the Anglo-Saxon lifestyle women are completely excluded because the male role is so dominant. In Beowulf‚ the women that are mentioned are all queens except for Grendel’s mother. In the poem Wealthow‚ Hrothgar’s queen‚ serves as a peacemaker and a cupbearer. After Beowulf defeated Grendel she assured him that she was thankful for his heroic
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safe because they could have Tutsi spies everywhere. He said this because he knew that his wife was Tutsi and if the soldiers found out they would kill her and their children. 8. What does Col. Oliver mean when he tells Paul‚ “we are here as peacekeepers‚ not peacemakers.” Col. Oliver means that they wouldn’t finish the genocide‚ they were trying to keep peace but they couldn’t stop the
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Stalin to come to power due to his individual genius was that he very rarely sided with particular members of the party - he stayed in the background (‘grey blur’) and pretended to be a moderate peacemaker. Because of this‚ the other party members seriously underestimated Stalin; while he appeared to be a peacemaker‚ he was manipulating his opponents
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In many respects Wolsey’s foreign policies were very effective in confirming Henry VIII’s royal authority and demonstrating his strengths‚ however in other ways they did not show this quite as well instead leaving him isolated. Many events need to be taken into consideration when deciding on the effectiveness of Wolsey’s foreign policies‚ these are the Anglo-Spanish treaty‚ the treaty of London‚ the field of cloth and gold‚ the election for Holy Roman Emperor after the death of Maximillian‚ his treaties
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questions facing peacemakers in 1865? a. The aftermath of the war was crucial due to the fact that the south and north were totally separated during the civil war‚ but more importantly was that all the fighting had ben done in the south‚ which meant that the majority of the damage was done in the southern towns. This caused the towns and fields to be ruined‚ and many properties worthless. So many peacemakers wanted to assure the southerners possessions. b. Secondly the peacemakers were faced with
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How successful was the Congress of Vienna in achieving the aims of the peacemakers? The Congress of Vienna was successful in achieving the aims of the peacemakers‚ to an extent. They accomplished maintaining the peace and balance of power in Europe for a while and the Congress was able to resolve many of their territorial disputes without difficulty. The Great Powers worked on maintaining the peace in Europe‚ doing whatever they needed to keep it. For a century they were successful‚ however‚ the
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