retaliation to South Korean military exercises along the Northern Limit Line (NLL)‚ the UN mandated maritime border it shares with North Korea. It must be noted that in 1999‚ the Government of North Korea drew up a new border‚ the West Sea Military Demarcation Line (WSMDL)‚ which extended further south of the NLL. The aforementioned South Korean military exercises took place in the area claimed by North Korea when it drew up this new border. Neither the UN nor South Korea has recognized the North’s
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meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO’s mandate is to raise levels of nutrition‚ improve agricultural productivity‚ better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy. FAO is the largest of UN agencies and its headquarters are in Rome‚ Italy. ------------------------------------------------- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was founded in 1947. It codifies the principles
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Discussion 1: Tombs and Monuments Question: Compare an aspect of the tomb of Emperor Shihuangdi with the burial tombs of other cultures‚ such as Egypt or Mesopotamia. Answer: The Tomb of Emperor Shihuangdi The tomb of Qin Shihuangdi‚ who died 210 B.C.E.‚ lies about 30 kilometers from modern Xian in China. There is a pyramid shaped tumulus over the actual burial chamber which originally was 400 feet high and now stands 165 feet and has a circumference of about one mile. The mausoleum
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North‚ Central‚ & West India BHIMBETKA (8000 B.C.) The Bhimbetka rock are an archaeological World Heritage site located in Raisen District in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in India; a number of analyses suggest that at least some of these shelters were inhabited by man for in excess of 100‚000 years. Some of the Stone Age rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are approximately 30‚000 years old. MAURYA and
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In the conclusion of the movie “Monuments Men.” The team finds out that the Nazis are hiding the art in various mines and castles. They also become competitive with the Soviet Union who were seizing the art for reparation purposes. Many artifacts that were looted by the German Nazis were found and returned. Although some of the art was destroyed by Germans or taken as rewards by the Russians‚ in the end though the American army unit reigned victorious and recovered over 5 million different pieces
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The Avivim school bus massacre was a terrorist attack on an Israeli school bus on May 22‚ 1970 in which 12 Israeli civilians were killed‚ nine of them children‚ and 25 were wounded. The attack took place on the road to Moshav Avivim‚ near Israel’s border with Lebanon. Two bazooka shells were fired at the bus. The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP-GC. Early in the morning‚ the bus departed from Avivim heading with its passengers to two local schools. This route had been scouted by
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PS 339 Role of the UN Research Paper 5/10/2011 The topic I have chosen to extensively research upon and analyze is the role of the United Nations. The main goal of my research paper is not only to convey the actual duties‚ and principles of the United Nations‚ but also to relate its effectiveness to International Law and rate its success as an organization of the international community. This goal will be reached by conducting an in depth analysis of the many facets the UN entails. I will begin
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FIVE CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION Since its inception in 1945‚ the United Nations has been involved in peacekeeping operations and conflict resolutions in the international system. According to Article 1 of the Charter of the United Nations‚ the UN is expected “to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace‚ and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace‚ and to bring about by lawful means‚ and in conformity with the principle
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UN’s work in promoting human rights‚ development‚ and peace and security‚ and include: * assisting parliaments to enhance the checks and balances that allow democracy to thrive; * helping to strengthen the impartiality and effectiveness of national human rights machinery and judicial systems; * helping to develop legislation and media capacities to ensure freedom of expression and access to information; * providing electoral assistance and long-term support for electoral management
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human rights has been finally materialized by UN with the adoption and enforcement of Convention on rights of Persons with disabilities.(CRPD). A close look at the drafting process of this convention also brings home the fact that UN has paid a sufficient heed to the contemporary clarion call of disability rights movement‚ “nothing about us without us” by giving ample representation to the disability sector of civil society. Indeed the efforts of the UN signifies transformation in the status of PWDs
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