skilfully utilized in Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech‚ ’The keynote Address to the Beijing World Conference on women". Aung‚ the leader of the National League of Democracy in Burma and globally known as a political activist for democracy and human rights‚ has been awarded several prizes‚ including the Nobel Peace Prize. But due to her international influence and strong ideas‚ she has been sentenced to house arrest several times. The speech was delivered on 31 August 1995 via video because Aung had just been
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s Speech One of my favourite dicta is that people should not be categorized as good or evil‚ wise or stupid. It would be much more sensible to divide them simply into learners and non-learners. In between the two extremes would be a broad spectrum graded on the degree to which individuals are capable of correct assessment and understanding of the learning material at their disposal. Here of course I’m giving a very broad definition to learning. It would involve much more than what
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Daw Aung San Suu Kyi‚ born in 1945‚ leader of the nonviolent movement for human rights and the restoration of democracy in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma)‚ and Nobel laureate. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon) and educated in India and England‚ where she attended the University of Oxford. She received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the American University in Washington‚ D.C.‚ in 1997. Her mother was a prominent diplomat; her father
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behaviours. In sum‚ personality psychology is defined as the scientific study of the psychological forces that make people uniquely themselves. For well-known international leader who is acclaimed for a major achievement‚ I had selected Aung San Suu Kyi as a representative of political leadership. This is because she was a leader of the struggle for human rights and democracy or named as ‘freedom fighter’ in Burma. Therefore‚ she was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 to recognize her hard work
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should not be a surprise to anyone‚ currently if you were to look at the world Pop clock‚ which is a counter supported by the U.S. Bureau of the Census you would find a number that has risen from 6‚367‚148‚920. This is the amount of people on earth May 8‚ 2004 at 8:39:47 PM; this number is constantly rising at about 8 million people per month. At the present rate‚ the population will rise to a point that it will max out the earth ’s carrying capacity leaving humans with a lack of resources and space
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With reference to Beijing‚ assess the short term and long term effectiveness of the mitigation measures taken to reduce smog (20). Consider air quality management‚ traffic controls‚ vehicle emission controls‚ zoning of industry and increased use of public transport. Pollution causes a huge concern to people in Beijing. At the moment Beijing’s pollution level is well over the safe level that the World Health Organization has set‚ its level is almost 22 times above. Poor air quality caused by
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Beijing Beijing is a fast developing metropolitan city with blend of old and modern. Being alive for more than 3‚000 years‚ Beijing still hasn’t stopped being the number one destination of history and culture. There are barely any buildings that do not have any national historical meaning to it. I know many bad things have been said about Beijing‚ that the city is too polluted‚ the people there aren’t welcoming and respectful or that the city is over populated. You could choose to believe those
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International conference on women empowerment A study on various occupational challenges faced by working women. Abstract: As we all are aware of that the only “change” is one constitute which is constant. Considering this fact we can see that the belief in women’s power is increasing day by day earlier women all over the world are challenged by a number of obstacles that restrict their ability to play significant roles in their communities and the broader society. Somewhere this situation is still
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(present-day Myanmar) Burmese political leader I n 1988 Aung San Suu Kyi became the major leader of the movement toward the reestablishment of democracy in Burma (now Myanmar). In 1991‚ while under house arrest by the government for her activities‚ she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Early life Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon‚ Burma‚ on June 19‚ 1945‚ the youngest of three children of Bogyoke (Generalissimo) Aung San and Daw Khin Kyi. (In Burma all names are individual and people do not
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ANALYSIS OF WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS President George Washington in early 1796 had decided not to run for a third term as President of the United States and with suggestions from Alexander Hamilton‚ he drafted his “Farewell Address.” He tried to convey three points in his “Farewell Address.” The points were‚ his decision not to be considered for a 3rd term as President of the United States‚ his advice to the country to stand united‚ and his advice to the future leaders of the country concerning
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