Calling All Volunteers!

The UN
Wants You to Build Peace
The UN just passed a resolution thats bringing volunteers
into the spotlight for the first time ever.
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United Nations, Volunteer, Volunteerism, Resolution

The concept of peacebuilding typically evokes images of powerful leaders

seated around a circular table, nations engaged in a verbal tennis match of
negotiations, assemblies gathered in a large hall discussing the future of our
world.
But now peacebuilding is moving into the hands of individuals with the
United Nations new resolution that was passed on November 26, 2015.
Titled Integrating volunteering into peace and development: the plan of
action for the next decade and beyond, the resolution acknowledges the
role of volunteers in poverty reduction, sustainable development, health,
humanitarian action, and, of course, peacebuilding. Whats more, the UN is
recognizing that volunteers are a powerful tool when it comes to
implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which seeks
to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom.

This is a big win for volunteers since this is the first time volunteer-involving
organizations, such as the International Forum for Volunteering in
Development and the International Association for Volunteer Effort, are
explicitly mentioned in a UN Resolution. This move towards multi-stakeholder
engagement at the global and national level invites young people especially
to contribute to peaceful and inclusive societies plus theres that added
benefit of personal development.
Most importantly, integrating volunteerism into the international
peacebuilding process acknowledges that peacebuilding is no longer limited
to nations, government, or leaders - but now includes individuals.