Wars can emerge from various factors like competition over resources, nationalism, and individual leaders’ decisions. The international community tries to end conflicts through peacekeeping operations by organizations like the UN and NATO that monitor ceasefires and intervene militarily, but these operations have faced major issues like personnel sexually exploiting vulnerable local populations.
Additional Links & Readings
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Student submissions: Historical battlefields and monuments
Taipei, Taiwan. Liberty Square Arch 自由廣場牌樓 at night. Entrance to Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall 國立中正紀念堂.
The tomb of Victor Jara in the General Cemetery of Santiago, a Chilean musician assassinated during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
A picture of the logo of the Agrupación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos (“Dónde Están?), an organization formed by family members of Chileans who went missing during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. This logo is painted on a wall inside the General Cemetery of Santiago, where many famous Chilean politicians and artists are buried.