**Alexander Rozanov and Valentina Komleva**

Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia

**IV**

lack of it.

Part III. Peace

organizations.

the world a better place.

Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more. The concept of human rights also includes the right to quality food, and one of the most important human rights is gender equality. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination [6]. It is said to be one of the great achievements of the United Nations that they created a comprehensive body of human rights law – a universal and internationally protected code to which all nations can subscribe, and all people aspire. The United Nations has defined a broad range of internationally accepted rights, including civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. It has also established mechanisms to promote and protect these rights and to assist states in carrying out their responsibilities. Various chapters in this book demonstrate, unfortunately, that there are still people and nations not respecting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [7]. Chapters cover topics like civil war, human abuses, the vulnerability of indigenous people, gender inequalities in the economy, abortion, epilepsy, lack of health equities in maternal and child health, and democracy or

Originally proposed and developed by the United Nations, International Peacekeeping has become an international means of maintaining and establishing peace on behalf of the entire world community under the auspices of the UN [8]. After the end of the Cold War, peacekeeping has firmly entered into the spectrum by means of various regional and sub-regional agreements and

The main actions within the framework of peacekeeping process have been called "peacekeeping operations", which could be defined as a set of political, diplomatic, military, and other forms and methods of collective efforts to restore international peace and stability in conflict areas through a system of coordinated measures to prevent, reduce, resolve, and eliminate the consequences of

This book intends to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the recent peacekeeping activities, as well as the most important international initia-

values of life, namely freedom, equality and security for everyone.

The finalization of this book coincided with difficult times for the whole world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which exacerbated all existing inequalities and contradictions. But at the same time, this universal disaster demonstrated the need for the long-standing concern for the humanization of people and respecting the core

We sincerely hope that this book will contribute to the desire of humanity to make

international, sub-regional, and local conflicts.

tives of peace-building in the world's "hot spots".
