Australia’s foreign aid and peace keeping (2) Flashcards
Australia’s Peacekeeping
UN peacekeeping assists countries who have been torn by conflict to achieve lasting peace.
UN troops assist in this process by:
Maintaining peace and security within a region
Protecting civilians
Overseeing elections
Australia’s responsibility to protect the environment
Australia has a national and international responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avert the effect of climate change
Australia’s responsibility to uphold human rights
entitlements that all human beings possess regardless of their nationality, place of residence, sex, ethnic origin, colour, religion or any other status.
What Human Rights?
Right to an education
Right to life.
Right to recognition as a person before the law
The right to own property.
Freedom of expression
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of religion