Abstract

The battle for peace has to be fought on two fronts. The first front is the security front, where victory spells freedom from fear. The second is the economic and social front, where victory means freedom from want. Only victory on both fronts can assure the world of an enduring peace. These words, spoken by US Secretary of State Edwin Stettinius during the founding conference of the UN, remain as true today as they did when he uttered them in 1945 (UNDP, 2005, p168). And yet more than 60 years later, victory has not been won on either front. Far too many of the world’s peoples live in fear and in want – and, as Stettinius recognized, the one feeds on the other.

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