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    negative aspects of the job‚ which are growing increasingly larger. The Expanding Difficulty of the Job The armed forces in today’s modern world must broaden their role to include functions in addition to the one of war-fighting‚ such as peacekeeping‚ disaster‚ and humanitarian relief. (Dandeker 651) These alternate exercises of power have been further exacerbated by the war on terror‚ making the job of the soldier not only that of a fighter‚ but a global hunter‚ being sent around the globe

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    The United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM I) was set up to safely make humanitarian aid possible to people trapped by civil war and famine. This was the first time that the peacekeeping force has been used for “humanitarian intervention”. This mission was set to provide protection‚ security for the people of Mogadishu and its surroundings. In November 1991‚ there was heavy fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu between armed forces allied to General Mohamad Farah Aidid‚ or to Mr. Ali

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    U.S. Involvement in the Crisis in Darfur Since the end of the Cold War‚ Africa has been a continent rife with violence mainly in the form of civil war. This can be attributed greatly to the halt of economic and political progress after the two superpowers‚ the United States and the Soviet Union‚ no longer needed to compete in Africa. Now that the rivalry has subsided neither country has any real reasons‚ economic or political‚ to have as large of a presence in the Post-Cold War era. Not only

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    International Relations Word count- 2‚114 The United Nations Introduction It is 1941 and the war against the Axis forces has been waging in a state of total war for 2 years‚ and has no sign of letting up only widening participation and brutality. Since the start of the century has been two world wars‚ inter-war recession and instability within the world order. The previous attempt from the League of Nations to prevent a second world war has failed due to its inability to create a system of collective

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    Conflict In Darfur

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    Conflict in Darfur The Conflict in Darfur‚ Sudan is a humanitarian crisis which officially began in 2003 and continues to this day. The conflict began with tribal and governmental disputes. The government then began to fight a proxy war by arming nomadic Arab tribes‚ called the Janjaweed‚ to fight against the Darfuri people. The government has isolated themselves from the Darfuri people. The war has displaced millions of people from the Darfur region of Sudan and hundreds of thousands have been

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    undertaken; daily work routine; administrative work; work with other public services; community work; implications of working in the public services on a personal level; positive and negative aspects of working in the services; examples of recent peacekeeping activities and humanitarian work; roles at major incidents; examples of activities in recent conflicts. Range: different operational jobs e.g. ambulance service‚ patient transport services‚ technician and paramedic; civilian support roles e.g

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    time during the course of a year. Many of the roots of human behavior can be traced to our primate heritage‚ including survival through cooperation and mutual assistance. In particular‚ humans and Bonobos have developed different mechanisms for peacekeeping. Cultural transmission and highly developed symbolic language are particularly unique to humans. Human conflicts and aggression are typically reconciled and avoided through language. Unlike Bonobos‚ sexual control is evidenced in humans. Marriage

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    Student Handout Background on the United Nations Basic Facts of the United Nations The United Nations was founded in 1945 with the mission to maintain world peace‚ develop good relations between countries‚ promote cooperation in solving the world’s problems‚ and encourage a respect for human rights. It provides the nations of the world a forum to balance their national interests with the interests of the global whole. It operates on the voluntary cooperation and participation of its member nations

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    Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the organ of the United Nations charged with maintaining peace and security among nations. While other organs of the United Nations only make recommendations to member governments‚ the Security Council has the power to make decisions which member governments must carry out under the United Nations Charter. The decisions of the Council are known as United Nations Security Council Resolutions. The Security Council is made up of 15 member

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    The Impact of War and Conflict on Public Services All of war and conflict impacts heavily on public services. This is especially true for the armed services as they are usually on the frontlines when it comes to trying to resolve conflict and bring peace. War is normally defined as a state of open‚ often prolonged‚ armed conflict between two or more groups‚ usually nations‚ states or other parties. Wars are usually begun through the clash of interests between the different groups such as territory

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