May 29, International Day of United Nation Peacekeepers.

@Kandae11 (57231)
May 29, 2022 10:24am CST
I saw a very sad AP picture of a woman kneeling beside the body of her husband which was lying in a pool of blood. He was hit and died during the shelling of a subway station in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine. Another photo shows a woman washing dishes by the light of a single lamp in a dark, damp basement being used as a bomb shelter. No electricity, running water or gas-- can you imagine how hard it is for people to survive in these basements? The theme for this year's International Day of UN Peacekeepers is : " Protecting civilians , protecting peace." My hope is that these Peacekeepers will try a bit harder to ease the suffering of innocent civilians caught up in these wars worldwide. The first UN peacekeeping mission was established on May 29, 1948. Pixabay picture
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snowy
@snowy22315 (209221)
• United States
29 May 22
I feel for those people. It has to be awful.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (209221)
• United States
30 May 22
@Kandae11 It does make you appreciate what you have a little more
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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30 May 22
@snowy22315 Yes indeed.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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29 May 22
Whenever l feel like complaining about something l don't have - which l can easily do without , l think about them .
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
29 May 22
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could have the whole wide world at peace? It’s never happened so far and I’m afraid it never will.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
29 May 22
@Kandae11 Everything should be done that can be done.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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29 May 22
I have to agree with you on that, but at least some organizations are going what they can.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
30 May 22
I wonder though ...do they ever really accomplish anything
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
30 May 22
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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30 May 22
I did not even remember they were there until l saw the report about the Day.
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
29 May 22
I hope more aid can reach them and ease their burden and hardships. They have become very good at getting aid to people fast. This is a day that I can remember that I can also make a contribution through donations
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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29 May 22
That is really nice of you. Helping in whatever way you can.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
29 May 22
I wish peace for everyone around the entire world.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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29 May 22
That would be beautiful.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
29 May 22
@Kandae11 Yes and it could happen if others would allow it. If only.
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Luis Asuncion
@luisga814 (7138)
• Quezon City, Philippines
29 May 22
Congratulations to those UN Peacekeeper forces.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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29 May 22
Yes we are grateful for them, but much more needs to be done.
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Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
30 May 22
In most wars, it's the civilians who suffer the most. I feel sad for the people of Ukraine who are forced to live in such a situation to protect themselves.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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30 May 22
It is really bad.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148790)
• Roseburg, Oregon
30 May 22
It is really awful for anyone to live under those type of situations.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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30 May 22
In many ways the world seems to be going backwards instead of forward.
Anna
@LadyDuck (502886)
• Italy
30 May 22
I wish the world would be free of wars, of civilians suffering, but this will never happen. The first UN pacekeeping mission was to monitor the Armistice Agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbors. 74 years after Israel and the Arab neighbors still fight.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502886)
• Italy
30 May 22
@Kandae11 Let's hope that no major events start in the near future.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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30 May 22
I think that particular fight might continue till the world ends. However we must hope for the best.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382664)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 May 22
There are such sad images coming out of this war. In many ways, we haven't progressed much from the Dark Ages.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382664)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 May 22
@Kandae11 I don't think we've progressed very far.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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30 May 22
We should be doing much better than in the dark ages but are we?
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
30 May 22
War is cruel.. Things might get back to normal for the countries later once the war is over. But some lives are devastated forever and these wounds don't heal
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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30 May 22
They will be scarred inside and out forever.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
30 May 22
Neil
@Neil43 (4521)
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30 May 22
That's very painful.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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30 May 22
It is so very painful.