Human Security

Human Security

bout de papier, Vol. 17, No. 4 (2000-2001) — Winter 2000/2001 // Hiver 2000/2001, p. 8 People only want to livein peace:The farmer, just to till hisfield unmined;The tenant, quiet enjoymentof his lease;The worker, to be paid incash or kind.Not to wake to pounding atthe doorBy ski-masked ethniccleansers, gun in hand,Forcing you to pack andvacate, […]

Diplomacy and Peacekeeping: Part One

Diplomacy and Peacekeeping: Part One

The nineties started on a wave of enthusiasm for the United Nations (UN) and its refurbished capacity to contain, and gradually quell, conflict. By the time Barbara McDougall, Canada’s Secretary of State for External Affairs (the position now titled Minister of Foreign…

A Soldier’s Story

A Soldier’s Story

A Canadian peacekeeper recounts his seven months in the firing line near Sarajevo.