What is a Nation? The concept of a nation refers to a socially constructed and politically organized grouping of a people‚ or ethnic group‚ within a self-governing physical boundary. Historically‚ the concept of a nation in its modern understanding has been distorted to further it from its original definition. Evidence of such distortion exists in our present society‚ and has continued through common conflation of definitions between a nation and other similar social groupings. This essay will attempt
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UNITED NATIONS 1. BIRTH: The seed of the idea for a new postwar organisation was planted by President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Atlantic Charter of August 14‚1941.On January 1‚1942 with the united states now in the war‚ twenty six nations subscribed to a Declaration by United Nations that reaffirmed the principles of the Atlantic Charter. This declaration established the United Nations military alliance‚ to which twenty one other nations subsequently adhered
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are members to this organization including the Philippines. And this is called‚ the UN or the United Nations. The United Nations Organization was founded: first‚ to maintain international peace and security; second‚ to develop friendly relations among nation; third‚ to achieve international co-operation in solving international problems‚ and lasly to become a centre for Harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment in these common ends. But nowadays‚ we are living through a period of profound
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Globalization Struggles of the Nation-State and Issues of Equality Economic growth in globalization is often due to rapid technological advancements and changes in the gathering of information and communications. Globalization has always existed but today’s globalization has been a much more rapid and intense process than in the past. The question here is whether today’s globalization weakens the nation state and whether or not it undermines national control over the economy. We are trying to
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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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Country- Islamic Republic of Pakistan Committee- United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Topics: - 1) Proper Infrastructure and Management in Earthquake Prone Areas 2) The politics of neglected diseases Topic 1: - Major Earthquake prone zones in the world: - Japan Chile San Francisco Istanbul Tokyo Los Angeles Indonesia Recent Earthquakes: - Himachal Pradesh‚ India 2013 Kobe‚ Japan 2011 Haiti 2010 Northern Sumatra‚ Indonesia 2012 These are some of the very
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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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The United Nations Structure For more details on the organizations and structure of the U.N.‚ go to www.un.org or to the Cyber school bus http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/. Cyber school bus is a UN publication designed for specifically for students. International Court of Justice (ICJ) Principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Its seat is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands). Functions to settle in accordance with international law the legal disputes between countries Issues
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The structure of the United Nations The structure of the United Nations is based around its charter. The charter of the UN defines six main organs of the new world body‚ each with specific tasks and functions. The six main organs are the General Assembly‚ the Security Council‚ the Trusteeship Council‚ the Economic and Social Council‚ International Court of Justice and the Secretariat. The General Assembly has the right to discuss‚ debate‚ and make recommendations on a range of subjects pertaining
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world’s most tourism-dependent regions. A decade after the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States convened in 1994‚ sustainable tourism remains a priority for Caribbean countries. This paper‚ using Barbados as a case study‚ attempts to establish if sustainable tourism policy existed‚ if so‚ how was it being implemented‚ and if not‚ what were the main areas of weakness. It found that although there was a vacuum in sustainable tourism plans and policies‚ the government
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