their race‚ gender‚ or nationality‚ have the right to life‚ inalienable freedoms‚ and security of themselves‚ their families‚ and their communities. One such document is the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Unlike such documents as the Declaration of Independence‚ which only affects United States citizens; this declaration seeks to give these rights and securities to all human beings alive in the world today. And throughout the world organizations and universities have based
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Gun Nation In 2012‚ there was 9 school shootings in the US. And in 2013‚ there have already been 8 so far. And while the teenagers or psychopaths responsible for these were (and are)‚ indeed‚ unpredictable‚ the attitude towards these shootings in the US is: “Guns don’t kill people. Crazy people kill people.” Of the 25 mass shootings (defined by 12 deaths or more)‚ in the last 50 years‚ 15 occurred in the US. Second place is Finland with two. And by the looks of it‚ these statistics aren’t
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reflect the state of the world.” French President Chirac’s address to the United Nations General Assembly. The United Nations has had a lot to contest with since it came in to play in 1945 after the five permanent members agreed to set this organisation up in San Francisco. The United Nations has a number of bodies that deal with world affairs; however this essay will focus on the Security Council which will explore whether the permanent members and their authority in the United Nations should
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uniting the princely states was still to be accomplished. So‚ this massive job was handed over to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel‚ the first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India. With great wisdom and political foresight‚ Sardar Patel consolidated more than five hundred princely states and brought them under Indian dominion. In the face of great adversity from some states like the Nizam of Hyderabad and Nawab of Junagarh‚ he achieved the impossible mission of uniting the nation. This is why he earned
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UNESCO (United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization) was created at the end of Second World War‚ with the premise that the Nations political and economic agreements are insufficient to ensure lasting peace. UNESCO is responsible for coordinating international cooperation in education‚ science‚ culture‚ and communication. It strengthens the ties between nations and societies and mobilizes the wider public so that each child and citizen. This is not the first time that a Republican president
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What makes a nation rich? MIT economist Daron Acemoglu considered why some nations thrive economically while others do not in an article in Esquire magazine. Asking what makes a nation rich he pondered on why some nations as in the United States are well developed and have better standards of living than many countries in Africa‚ South Asia‚ South America‚ and around the world. He argues that inequality is not predetermined‚ nations are not created poor or rich but that their governments make them
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Why do political demands for smaller states and bifurcation arise? There are‚ of course‚ emotional considerations like culture‚ language‚ religion and a sense of economic and regional deprivation. But more importantly‚ politicians envision additional posts of power as chief ministers or ministers‚ leaders of the opposition‚ Assembly speakers and so on. Similarly‚ government servants think of becoming chief secretaries or secretaries‚ DGs of police‚ chief-engineers‚ directors and so on. A common
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The State in the Modern Day Context The state can be seen as a concept which has emerged over thousands of years in order to sustain the needs of societies growing in size and complexity. This growth in size and complexity was coupled with the growing need for authority and order‚ due to special mechanisms being needed for society to benefit from its increased social power and productive capacity (Petho‚ 2010:6). State formation passes through stages of development and hinges upon ecological‚
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A credible and little-known story of the Civil War period is studiously reduced to a dry and cautious history lesson in Free State of Jones. As if afraid to offend anyone or put a wrong foot in an era of racial hypersensitivity‚ writer-director Gary Ross tiptoes as if through a minefield in relating the fascinating tale of Newton Knight‚ a Mississippi farmer who had the temerity to lead a rebellion against the Confederacy from the inside with the help of a growing number of renegade slaves. Serious
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