Michael McCracken Global Politics Prof. Clarke 4/25/13 The Syrian Civil War and Its Effect on the World Environment Since early 2011 protestors have lined the streets of Syria putting on demonstrations calling for the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad. They were calling for an end to a nearly four decade ruling by Assad’s family‚ and the dispersion of the hardnosed Ba’ath Party. Shortly after these protests began Assad ordered the Syrian army to break up these demonstrations with the
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Ethonomics‚ CSR‚ and Sustainability I-Lin Lee Southern New Hampshire University October 9‚ 2012 Abstract With the advance of knowledge‚ people ’s awareness of morality grows gradually. Since the last few centuries‚ with the society changes constantly‚ several issues such as moral economy‚ business ethics‚ and sustainable development‚ are derived by degrees and discussed increasingly. As the society is getting wealthier‚ the corporate social responsibility are not any more decided only by interests
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Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs estimates that the impact of mega-terrorism on a populated area would be catastrophic: i. 500‚000 people would be killed‚ and hundreds of thousands more would injured. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned that such an attack "would stagger the world economy and thrust tens of millions of people into dire poverty‚" causing "a second death toll throughout the developing world." In short‚ America and the world would be changed forever. Warrants
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KIBERA “There can be no security without development and no development without security‚ and neither can be sustained in the long term without being rooted in the rule of law and respect for human rights.” (Former Secretary General of the UN‚ Kofi Annan) [1] There is increasing recognition that without security there can be no development. Insecurity hinders socio-economic growth in different ways: threats to physical security‚ the absence of safe living environments‚ dangers that prevent
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1990s‚ especially among liberal democratic states‚ which led the way in pressing new humanitarian claims within international society. The UN Secretary General noted the extent of this change in a speech to the General Assembly in September 1999. Kofi Annan declared that there was a developing international norm to forcibly protect civilians who were at risk from genocide and mass killing. The new norm was a weak one‚ however. At no time did the UNSC authorize forcible intervention against a fully
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DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES MARCH‚ 2014 INTRODUCTION TO MYTHS AND SYMBOLS THE VERY. REV. DR. NATHAN IDDRISU SAMWINI NAME: ERICA OSEI – ANTOBRE INDEX NUMBER: 7381112 NARRATE THE AETIOLOGICAL MYTH OF YOUR PEOPLE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW: 1. WHAT IS THE MANIFEST FUNCTION OF THIS MYTH 2. WHAT IS THE LATENT FUNCTION OF THIS MYTH 3. IN FIVE SENTENCES GIVE THE RELEVANCE OF THIS MYTH IN THE 21st CENTURY There are a countless number of sources
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Key Points of Tony Blair’s Premiership Blair was born in Edinburgh and studied law at Oxford University to become a barrister. He joined the labour party in 1975 and successfully gained a seat in Sedgefield in 1983. Tony Blair was considered as new age Labour’s golden boy and beat John Major in the elections. He won a landslide majority in 1997 by gaining 63.6% of the seats in the House of Commons. He was the youngest Prime Minister since 1812 and had three consecutive terms in office‚ making
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“Nary a drop to drink” Introduction Water is a natural resource which is very critical to all life on Earth. Natural resources are things that come from nature. Natural resources are either renewable or non renewable. Some of the Earth’s natural resources are; Soil‚ Air‚ and Water. Although the Earth is almost covered in water‚ it is considered a finite resource which means there is an end to the amount of water that is available for human consumption. Where a population lives and also their
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Impact of a complex 1990 ’s peacekeeping operation. Case of Somalia. Peacekeeping has no one definition and has been evolving since the beginning of its existence‚ from the end of 1940’s. The end of Cold War opened up the doors for UN to take steps towards collective actions that had been handicapped for decades due to the ideological and self-interest differences of great powers. As a result‚ the number of peacekeeping operations and similar interventions increased significantly during the
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