The United Nations (UN) is an international organization of 191 countries‚ with the central role of promoting peace and security‚ development as well as human rights around the world. Unfortunately‚ the UN seems drifting towards irrelevance because millions have died in hundreds of conflicts around the world in more than 50 years since the UN’s establishment‚ such as the conflicts in Somalia‚ Bosnia and Afghanistan. However‚ it is too early to judge if the UN has become a failure. In world affairs
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Mortality is to reduce by two-thirds the under five years old mortality around the globe. In comparison to many of the other millennium development goals‚ Child Mortality is easily measured. According to statisticians of the United Nations the goal of reducing by two-thirds the U5M (Under Five mortality rate) will not be accomplished by 2015‚ but it is in my opinion that this is not a reason to call this a failure. U5M has dropped worldwide from 11.9 million in
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defined as‚ the universal system of principles and policies concerning the relations between states and international organisations. The overall identity of international law is the United Nations‚ and they govern international law through legal documents known as treaties. International law is enforced by the United Nations Security Council and the International Court of Criminal Justice. Effectiveness of International Law in Resolving Disputes International law is expanding over the years as many
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discussing terrorism is establishing a generally accepted definition. Terrorism can be described as the unlawful use of fear or force to achieve certain political‚ economical‚ or social aims. Because it is so hard to define‚ organizations like the United Nations have had great difficulty drawing up policies against terrorism. A single individual‚ a certain group‚ or even governments may commit terrorist actions. Most terrorists‚ unlike criminals‚ claim to be dedicated to higher causes‚ and do not believe
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be considered the speedy‚ free movement of people‚ services‚ capital‚ goods‚ ideas and knowledge across national borders‚ incorporating the entire planet. It is often stated that globalization makes the world similar to a small village‚ with all nations‚ cultures‚ and people coming together as one finite society. Globalization is a process‚ which has affected many areas of human life‚ one of those being education. Education is directly affected by what contemporary globalization is and is becoming
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Annan stated “The biggest enemy of health in the developing world is poverty” (Kofi Annan‚ cited in WHO‚ 2013). Poverty is experienced all over the world but its effect is most significantly seen in developing countries like Philippines‚ one of the nations with a high rate of poverty according to World Health Organisation. Addressing this problem poses an extensive standing struggle to the Philippines since this has been the primary objective of previous administrations. According to Schelzig (2005)
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20.Pakistan defined itself in terms of religion‚ fell under the control of military leaders‚ andsaw its Bengali-speaking eastern section secede to become the independent nation of Bangladesh in 1971. India‚ a secular republic with a 90 percent Hindu population‚inherited a larger share of industrial and educational resources and was able to maintainunity despite its linguistic heterogeneity.30.In Southeast Asia‚ the defeats that the Japanese inflicted on the British‚ French‚ andDutch forces in World
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Spring Semester Outline I. Topic: The United States Homeland Security and The War on Terrorism II. Thesis Statement: Homeland Security plays a major role in the war on terror. Topic Sentences 1. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 reduces the vulnerability of the United States to terrorism. 2. The Department of Homeland Security was created for the war on terror. 3. The role of the Homeland Security Committee. 4. The history of the United States on foreign policy. 5. How terrorists
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collectively as "the North"‚ and the poorer developing countries (least developed countries)‚ or "the South."[1] Although most nations comprising the "North" are in fact located in the Northern Hemisphere (with the notable exceptions of Australia and New Zealand)‚ the divide is not wholly defined by geography. The North is home to four out of five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and all members of the G8. "The North" mostly covers the West and the First World‚ with much of the Second
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