World Peace in the 21st Century |
Up to these technically sophisticated and
complex days of 21st century, pinnacle of
material and technological progress, mankind
with human civilization has traveled a long
way. No doubt we have traveled such a long
way in physical development as we have the
height of success difficult to measure on
a scale. But mankind has lost some of the
precious values of life and is on the way
of losing it more. The ideals of brotherhood
and co-existence seem to have no longer any
meaning. We have ignored the greatness of
peace and harmony in the past. And now we
are suffering our deeds. We have already
suffered a lot and are still to suffer. And
this has compelled us to look back to the
history, to the days when we used to loitre
in the land of almighty like a free bird,
the days we committed mistakes and deprived
ourselves of the peaceful breathe. This retrospect
acting as incentive has awakened man and
led them towards the bright morning arrayed
by peace. Laudable works are being done to
establish peace and harmony in the world.
Of course man has progressed a lot and this
progress is due to man's insatiable curiosity,
his crave for perfection. But the progress
is tainted by his selfishness, callousness
and perversity. The height of man's conceit
has challenged the zenith. Man gave a strong
blow to brotherhood. Man's craze for power
and progress seeded inside him and brewed
up world wars. Yet fight between France and
Germany for dominance and superiority brewed
up 1st World War which had to end on the
Treaty of Versailles.” But the loss of lives
and property it caused was immense. The loss
of humanity it caused was terrifying and
never had such events occurred in history.
Some people were serious and realised the
importance of peace for betterment and prosperity
of mankind and initiated establishment of
an organisation to work for peace and that
was known as the League of Nations.”
Later in history we find that after every
war there has been effort to establish peace.
This simply infers that peace is our basic
need and war causes nothing but destruction.
The League of Nation could not restrict man's
temptation for disaster. Once again man's
conceit and want for power in the figure
of Hitler brewed up World War II. This was
even worse. Germany, Italy and Japan were
on one side and England, France, Russia and
America on the other. Whoever won, the humanity
was defeated badly. Everywhere man died and
suffered. But in the span of time, man regretted,
many people atoned for their past.
Man has already learned a lot from the experiences
of the past. We have already had the dreadful
and disgusting experiences of war in the
past. With the establishment of UNO on 24th
October 1945, after the World War II, we
have not suffered other great wars. UNO was
initiated with 50 member countries and now
it has got 189 countries. This fact signifies
people's despise against war and love for
peace.
Today we have entered the 21st Century and
with this a lot of changes have been seen
on man's behavior and mentalities. Man has
changed his mind to avoid war and adopt peace.
Still, some of the technically strong countries
have produced new and advanced nuclear weapons.
Although the number of nuclear weapons has
decreased in response to changes in the relationship
among nuclear states, there are still tens
of thousands of these remaining in the world.
The attitude of nuclear states that nuclear
weapons are necessary to maintain peace”
has to be changed.
The nuclear weapon has not been used in wars
since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but injuries
have been inflicted in course of their development,
test and manufacture. To stop this, the disarmament
project was launched. It prohibited the countries
from nuclear tests and manufacture of nuclear
weapons. This project is still working and
has to be continued for the sake of peace.
We can see and feel that the world is trying
to spread peace in its every nook and corner.
Many organizations like North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO), Central Treaty Organisation,
Warsaw Pact, OSA, SAARC and NAM are working
to bring peace in the world.
The twenty first century is trying its best
to maintain peace and the organisations established
for that specific purpose are working to
get their objectives. The antagonists of
peace sneak stealthily in the darkness and
set procedures for wars which are not prominent.
Besides the functioning of peace-keeping
organisations, several wars are still going
on. In Srilanka, a civil war is going between
the government and Tamil Tigers. Because
of this war, Srilanka's economy has been
seriously suffering; now the Government is
seeking help to defeat the Tamil Tigers.
The war between Talivan-Militia and Afghanistan
is going on indicating a darker future. England
had to send its soldiers for the rehabilitation
of peace in Sieraleon and the soldiers had
to involve in war causing a great loss to
lives and property. When a car bomb exploded
in Jakarta, many people lost their lives.
Bomb explosion in Srilanka, Colombo caused
4 people to die and 17 to be injured. Nine
people died and many were injured in Maluku,
Indonesia when a dreadful fight took place
between the Muslim and Christians. Due to
the firing at western coast and Gaza area
by the Israeli security officers, 15 died
and 523 were injured.
These are the reports very recent of destruction
taken place in September 2000. So many other
wars are going on in different places of
the world resulting in chaos. What are the
causes of all these wars and explosions?
It is the responsibility of the whole world
to find out a solution to all these and stop
these wars at any cost.
American President Bill Clinton's act of
withholding the proposal of "National
Missile Defense System” is a laudable act
towards securing peace and order in the world,
otherwise such acts divide world into groups.
The continued war in Lebanon ended and a
government has been set up that will work
for the development of the country and its
people.
North Korea and South Korea which were once
hostile to each other got united in Sydney
Olympics and the united flag could be seen.
Thus, the world has experienced what tragedy
the war brings. Most of our minds have already
turned against the horror of war and are
eager to welcome and preserve peace. The
people of 21st Century prefer peace against
war, ideal of brotherhood against groupism
and love against hatred to transfigure the
chaotic world to Utopia.
It can be concluded with this hope that the
world wants peace and only peace. And let
us all pledge to make that the 21st Century
will be the Century of peace and work accordingly
to achieve it.