The United Nations' ____ Goals include primary education, health of children and their mothers, eradication of HIV/AIDS, protection of the environment, gender equity, eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, among others. Jody Williams stated that the cost of fulfilling these goals is $80 billion/year.

Peace studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that draws on political science, sociology, history, anthropology, theology, psychology, philosophy, and other fields to:

understand the causes of armed conflict;
develop ways to prevent and resolve war, genocide, terrorism, gross violations of human rights; and
build peaceful and just systems and societies.