Modern History: United Nations Introduction: The United Nations is an intergovernmental organisation founded on October 24‚ 1945‚ Lake Success‚ New York‚ United States‚ during the events of the Second World War by 51 countries that where committed to maintaining international peace and security‚ developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress‚ better living standards and human rights(UN‚2014). The United Nations or UN for short was formally called the League of Nations
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of his speech praises what the founding fathers did for this country‚ his speech soon develops into a condemnation of the attitude of American society toward slavery. Douglass begins his speech by addressing "Mr. President‚ Friends and Fellow Citizens." Here‚ he is likely addressing the president of the Anti-Slavery Society — not the president of the United States. It is noteworthy that Douglass considers himself a citizen‚ an equal to the spectators in attendance. Throughout this speech‚ as well
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In late 1950s and during 1960s‚ the Soviet-US tension started to reach its peak. After Khrushchev ended the speech with saying “We will bury you‚” the Communist tried to proof that the era of capitalism over‚ which means that people are reached to the final destination as Karl Marx (a first person to come up the idea of the communism) stated in the communist Manifesto. The Cold War could be seen as the time that dictatorship of the proletariat tried to spread the communism and become a real communist
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What caused the first Arab-Israeli War? All throughout the early decades of the 20th century there had been tension between rival Jews and Arabs as they both believed the land of Palestine belonged to them. But on 14th May 1948 Ben Gurion announced the newly formed state of Israel and that is the main reason to what was the cause of the ‘War on Independence’. After the First World War Britain was given mandatory powers over Palestine as the countries of the Western World believed the
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I have always been terrified of giving speeches‚ the night before a speech I usually can not sleep just thinking about standing in front of a large audience. After reading these tips‚ I will incorporate tip # 3 into my next speech. By using tip #3‚ I’ll feel more comfortable speaking to three people instead of the whole class; and it will also help me remember to look to all parts of the class when speaking. Dear Mrs. Ohs‚ When sending email to your professors we must remember to be professional
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it‚ shall we? You know‚ when we consider all the hate speech on Islam right now‚ you’d think that we’d be a lot more sensitive with what we teach to our kids. You know‚ promote acceptance‚ world peace and those sorts of things. But instead‚ we’re stuck with The Merchant of Venice: an Elizabethan Playbook of sexist beliefs‚ overt racism and unfair treatment of minorities. I’m sure‚ Ms Jones‚ you will agree that a play which incites hate speech and physical assault towards religious minorities has
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For example in the speech Address on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty Roosevelt states‚ “If we keep the faith for our day as those who came before us kept the faith for theirs‚ then you and I can smile with confidence into the future. It is fitting therefore‚ that this should be a service of rededication‚ rededication to the liberty and the peace which this statue symbolizes”(Roosevelt 13). This part in Roosevelt’s speech defines an American because Roosevelt
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them personally or just knows their type. The people in the jury are devoted to following the church and try to be pious and humble. With this speech the Inquisitor serves a double purpose: having the jury forget Joan’s piety and warning them that no matter how humble or god-loving you are‚ the church knows best. The multiple warnings throughout the speech are used both for warning the jury members not to do the heretical acts mentioned but also do not congratulate or empower anyone who does these
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In the reading‚ Free Speech policy has been brought back to the attention as the UC regents would like to prevent the students from prejudice. The new policy proposed was reprimanded by some regents and Jewish group as it seems too weak and the issue has gone way too far. It brings national attention to UC on how to make the universities’ environment more welcoming for multicultural students. Also with the emergence of social media‚ it is easy for students to broadcast their racist views. Universities
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At the diversity speech‚ we were given the wonderful opportunity to listen to the stories of three very different women: Dr. Xiaoyi Liu‚ Pia Driessen-Knittle‚ and Bernadine Lewis. Listening to these women speak really opened my eyes to how different we all truly are from each other. Although these women were probably some extremes of diversity‚ it demonstrated a good sense of differing backgrounds. Regardless of where these women came from‚ they found themselves here in America‚ on stage‚ speaking
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