FORUM: General Assembly‚ Human Rights QUESTION OF: The Treatment of children in areas of armed conflict SUBMITTED BY: Mexico The General Assembly‚ Deeply Disturbed by the recent number of massacres of citizens including children in Syria since the anti-regime uprising in March 2011‚ Noting with Deep Concern that the Syrian government has repeatedly and regularly violated its ceasefire conditions‚ which is causing escalating tension and possibly leading to civil war‚ Referring to Article
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The Northern Mali conflict refers to the armed military encounters that began in January 2012. On January 16‚ 2012 several groups began fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence. Western Mali now fears that the Islamists will utilize the rest of the country to disrupt West African as a whole. Recently‚ “heavily armed gunmen shouting ‘Alluhu akbar’ stormed a Radisson Blu Hotel” (Searcey). The attack in Bamako November 20‚ 2015‚ resulted in 21 people dead and about 170 hostages
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INTRODUCTION As was mentioned in the introductory lecture on Mesopotamian civilization‚ the Sumerians were just one of many groups that lived in the Fertile Crescent that was the heart land of Mesopotamia. The Sumerians were conquered and dominated by a number of groups who sought for ascendancy on the region and who ruled at different periods of time. The Babylonians who dominated the region after the conquering of the Sumerians were themselves overthrown by the Hittites and the Kassites. The
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Ocean transportation to Constantza | $42‚000 | Suez Canal Charges | $3‚000 | Truck | $15‚000 | Handling | $6‚250 | False Documents | $10‚211 | Total | $76‚461 | What are the total costs given in the case for the option of moving via Syria? Activity | Cost (U.S. $) | Ocean transportation to Latakia | $33‚000 | Suez Canal Charges | $3‚000 | Truck | $12‚000 | Handling | $6‚250 | Rusvet | $50‚000 | Total | $104‚250 | Which option should Terim recommend? Why? Terim has
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Housing - EuroJournal #1 The current refugee crisis in Europe has displaced millions of people from their homes‚ each of them trying to escape the violations of human rights occurring in various third-world countries‚ including but not limited to Syria‚ Afghanistan‚ Sudan‚ and Eritrea. This crisis‚ while leaving many people in a state of political limbo after leaving their homes‚ has dropped many displaced persons in mainland Europe‚ specifically countries like France‚ where three-hundred refugees
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should allow into the country. These arguments have seen no resolution and just seem to keep getting bigger and intensifying. One very popular debate of immigration is about the Syrian Refugee policy‚ due to the latest terrorist attacks per ISIS. Syria is currently in the midst of a very violent and messy civil war that contains three factions including Assad‚ the Rebels and ISIS. This
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the Arab world. He was born March 21‚ 1923 in Damascus‚ Syria and died April 30‚ 1998 in London England. He studied law at the University of Damascus in 1945 then started his career as a diplomat. He served in the Syrian embassies in Egypt‚ Turkey‚ Lebanon‚ Britain‚ China and Spain then retired in 1966 and finally‚ moved to Beirut‚ Lebanon where he founded a publishing company. During his time as Syrian embassy‚ he witnessed much unrest in Syria and turned to writing national poetry filled with bitterness
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As of February 2017‚ Turkey hosts 2.9 million of these refugees‚ the most of any country in the world (“Syria Regional Refugee Response”). Because of this large influx‚ hosting the refugees represents a significant challenge‚ and Turkey has “struggled to cope” with the needs of a refugee population of this size (İçduygu 2). Since many of the refugees are unlikely
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Iraqi Genocide of the Kurdish Population The genocide of the Kurdish population in the northern portion of Iraq by Saddam Hussein and the Ba ’ath Party reached its more intense period form 1987 until 1989. During this campaign‚ it is estimated that as many as 182‚000 Kurdish men‚ women‚ and children were killed by chemical weapon attacks‚ through mass executions‚ or because of horrible conditions and treatment in prison camps (Sinan‚ 2007). More then one third of the 3.5 million Kurds in northern
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language can be traced as far back as close to 2000 B.C. It is known to be the language of Jesus Christ and has (as of 1994) 219‚330 native speakers (ethnologue). The language is mostly spoken in the middle and near east areas‚ such as Georgia‚ Iran‚ Syria‚ and Armenia. The Writing system of Assyrian is alphabetic‚ and it has 30 characters as opposed to English’s 26. The language has 7 vowels and 23 “consonants” (Oshana). In addition‚ approximately 85 Percent of the words are written phonetically. The
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