September 29, 1988 - UN Peacekeepers

UN Peacekeepers awarded Nobel Peace Prize. The United Nations attempts to settle, or support those who are trying to settle, conflicts as they arise in various parts of the world. Part of that process includes their peacekeeping operations, which acts as an impartial third body. There are two types of peacekeeping operations, one with unarmed observers and the other with armed military forces. When armed, the forces are only to use their weapons in self-defence. The peacekeepers, first employed in 1948 to monitor the truce between Israel and Arab states, must have the agreement of all parties involved and take direction from the United Nations. On September 29, 1988, the Nobel Peace Prize went to the United Nations’ worldwide peacekeeping forces. UN forces, the Nobel committee noted, had been key to reducing tensions and giving people hope for peace. The 1,400 Canadian Peacekeepers stationed in Syria, Jerusalem, Afghanistan, Cyprus, Korea, Iraq and Iran at the time of the award, shared in its honour. It was the UN’s fifth prize from the committee established by Alfred Nobel, a scientist who invented dynamite.

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