forerunner of the United Nations (UN) was the League of Nations‚ an organization conceived in similar circumstances during World War 1‚ and established in 1919 under the treaty of Versailles “ to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security”. The League of Nations seized its activities after failing to prevent the Second World War. The advance of science and economic activity also brought in their wake‚ increased military capability which was put to devastating use by World War 1. As
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of travel in its earliest days. However‚ over the years‚ with the growing number of people travelling around the world (for different purposes)‚ the word ‘travel’ has acquired a new meaning. It no longer refers to the traditional purpose of holidaying but has emerged as one of the major industries of the world and contributes to a large extent to the economic development of the country‚ Mauritius being one of them. On the international level‚ it is believed that tourism originated since the 12th
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Role of the United Nations The United Nations is the most recognized representative inter-governmental organization of the world today and thus its role in dealing with world affairs is deemed irreplaceable in comparison to any other regional or international organization. It has made immense positive contributions in the overall maintenance of peace and security‚ international development and also in the promotion of co-operation among states. This thus puts it in the forefront in meeting the challenges
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What is the role of United Nations in ensuring human rights? After the Second War World‚ the United Nations(UN) officially replaced the league of nations. At that time‚ human rights has risen and been regarded as the world value. Human Rights is understood as a “inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being”. In the progress in ensuring human rights‚ the UN has acted as a promoter and protector and his works have been notably
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all around the world. People can eliminate poverty if we work together to fight it and avoid selfishness. Rich countries often give financial aid to poor countries‚ but it does not solve poverty. People always say they feel sorry for poor people and the rich love them‚ but they never do their part. People do not prevent themselves from buying things that are not necessary to them. That money could be donated to people who are in need of it. There are many people in rich countries living a luxurious
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Poverty is an increasing problem in our world today. A report by the National Welfare found that 17.2 percent of Canadians live below the poverty line in 1998. It is however‚ measured differently in developing and developed countries. People who struggle financially in countries like Canada or even the United States‚ when compared to people living in third world countries are considered above the poverty line. Income at developing countries falls at less than one dollar per person a day‚ which led
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Urbanization and its effect on third world living conditions Urbanization is the spreading of cities into less populated agricultural areas. Most people would not think that this is necessarily a problem. They would say that it is good that the "developing countries" were becoming more developed. With urbanization comes factories and more jobs‚ so the people can make more money and be happier. Right? The problem is that these people must sacrifice their traditional lifestyles‚ for this new "Urbanism"(the
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Sweatshops Sweatshops play a major role in third world countries. More than 150 million people work in these sweatshops in developing countries. Most of these sweatshop workers are children between the ages of 5 and 14. Many sweatshops are focused on the manufacturing of clothing. Several of these clothing facilities are located most commonly in Central America‚ South America‚ Asia‚ and parts of Europe. Large companies such as Nike and GAP have been discovered to use sweatshops. Although sweatshop
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1001 April 25‚ 2013 Eating In a Third World Country I was born in Colombia‚ a country considered for some to be part of the “Third World Countries” along with most of the countries in Central and South America‚ Africa‚ and some countries in Asia (Nations Online). Eating habits in Colombia when I grew up were different that they are today but they have not changed in the same way eating habits in United States have changed for the pasts forty years. I moved to United States about eight years ago‚
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2005 Ethiopia‚ What a Country The dictionary states that a third world country is a developing nation in the midst of Africa‚ Asia‚ or also Latin America. The country of Ethiopia is described as a third world country due to its great poverty rate. This country has a peculiar land layout and is ranked 16th in the world with its population. Ethiopia is a country with interesting cultural ways and rich with historic events. Unfortunately some factors brought the Ethiopian country to become one of the
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