Conflict Diamonds Effect on Security & Peace in Africa | International Relations | | | 5/21/2012 | Asad Malik Hassan Sarfraz Khan Introduction Throughout the history‚ for one reason or another mankind has been fighting wars. Human being has been selfish when it comes to fulfilling his own desires. Men fought for the basic individual needs like food and then it was countries which started fighting to fulfill their people needs and wants. This is why Natural Resources like Diamond‚ Oil
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Although diamonds often represent marriage‚ beauty‚ and romance‚ the process of getting these diamonds have been heart wrenching. Between the billions of people killed by the rebels wanting control over the diamonds‚ and the erosion which has caused damage to the ecosystem by the mining‚ South Africa was forced into a Civil War. Before the issue was announced‚ we were unknowingly contributing to the Blood Diamonds by purchasing these conflict diamonds. With the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme
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conflict diamonds? Conflict diamonds – also known as blood diamonds – are diamonds that are used to fuel violent conflict and human rights abuses. They have funded brutal wars in Liberia‚ Sierra Leone‚ Angola‚ Democratic Republic of Congo and Côte d’Ivoire that have resulted in the death and displacement of millions of people. Diamonds have also been used by terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda to finance their activities and for money-laundering purposes. Did someone Die for that Diamond? Some diamonds
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Role of Civil Society in Good Governance With the change of the century‚ globalisation and development have increased at a very rapid rate. The technological and economic aspects of this development have led to a huge increase in the development of civil services and social dependence on them. The concept of civil society can be dated back to approximately 2500 years ago to Greek and Roman societies from where it spread all over Europe and then soon became a global phenomenon (Glacius‚ Lewis and
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Rethinking Filipino values Enriquez was critical of this approach to the study of Filipino values. He encouraged Filipino scholars to take a second look at these values using a Filipino orientation. Social scientists such as Lagmay‚ Salazar‚ and Bonifacio took up the challenge in their own research. Let us examine three of these ‘‘Filipino values’’ from the exogenous and indigenous perspectives. 54 Rogelia Pe-Pua and Elizabeth Protacio-Marcelino ß Blackwell Publishers Ltd with the Asian Association
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Reading Response 4: Civil Society In the reading‚ “Civil Society‚” Edwards discusses the concepts of civil society as a voluntary‚ associational life that primarily thrives within western cultures and deals with a community of citizens that have a shared common interest. The reading also focused on how civil societies promote progressive policies‚ nurture positive social norms that encourages stability‚ and advocates accountability and checks against state authority. Moreover‚ noting the beneficial
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How important is civil society to bringing about political and social change? In this essay we will explore the varying importance of civil society in different countries and across periods of time and how this relative importance is reflected in its capability for both political and social change; the former relating to a modification in the political structure or constitution and the latter an alteration in social order within society. A civil society is defined as ‘a diverse sphere of social
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The Role of Civil Society in Democracy Keith Sanders July 20‚ 2013 CIV 410 Victoria Labs As one looks at the history of democracy‚ it is common to detect an undertone‚ a rush of voices clamoring for purchase in the debate regarding how the country will be governed. It is my belief that this undertone is the footprint of civil society‚ a segment of democratic societies that often can be difficult to identify. Much has been said about how difficult civil society is to define. However‚ as I read the
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CIVIL SOCIETY THOMAS CAROTHERS Winter 1999-2000 Valentina Carlino AY 2010-2011 A PAPER BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS TO DEBUNK literature case studies The Concept of Civil Society is a Recent Invention DEF. a domain parallel to but separate from the state; a realm where citizens associate according to their own interests and wishes (Paine‚ Hegel) DEF. a special nucleus of independent political activity‚ a crucial sphere of struggle against tyranny (Gramsci) DEF. a means for social renewal (US
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Asia‚ Africa & Latin America 3-ASN-1 Regine L. Medenilla Blood Diamond Blood Diamond is a movie that portrays the brutalities experienced by the people in Africa especially those who work in the diamond fields. It was set during the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1999. A fisherman named Solomon Vandy was captured by the rebels and was force to work in a diamond field. While working‚ he found a very rare pink diamond. He decided to hide it but the leader named Commander Poison saw him. Luckily
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