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The right to peace and security is a basic human right, included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the United Nations in 1948.

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Unfortunately, this doesn't mean that the right to peace is everywhere respected.

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This right is challenged in our modern world by threats such as terrorism, people trafficking, illegal arms trade, epidemics and global illnesses, climate change or wars.

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Are you aware that there are many ongoing armed conflicts in our world today?

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I invite you to go to the internet and locate them.

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Check where wars are being fought and how many people die every year in them.

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And you will be shocked to know that ongoing conflicts are a real problem in our world nowadays.

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Now, what can we do to stop this?

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What can we do to promote the right to peace?

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Spain, as a member of the European Union, of the United Nations

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and also of the NATO, that's the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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tries to promote peace in different ways

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Actually, the right to peace is included in our constitution

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because the Spanish constitution states that Spain aims to be

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a just, free and secure society that promotes peace

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by cooperation in an international way.

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So, we try to promote peace wherever we can,

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not only within our borders, but also abroad.

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How can we do this?

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For example, in the European Union, Spain contributes to Europol,

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which is a special police force that tries to combat crime at a European level.

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Some crimes, serious crimes, are international in scope.

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they are not limited to national borders so we need an international police body to combat them

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think about drug trafficking illegal people trafficking or terrorism spain also participates

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in peace missions that are promoted by nato and by the united nations these peace missions try

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to enforce peace treaties try to separate armies that are fighting in the war and mainly try to

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reconstruct countries that have been suffering a war or tries to give humanitarian assistance

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when needed i also invite you to go to the internet and check where our armed forces are

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currently working in international peace missions and you will see how we try to help

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other countries in order to promote peace worldwide.