The Law of Nationbuilding - Does the UN Security Council have Authority to create new States? – - by Alexander-Georg Rackow – I. Introduction A. Situation in Kosovo and Iraq “Kosovo‚ an explosive region that once was a province of Serbia‚ has been on a long road to a kind of independence with international supervision. During the negotiations‚ the United Nations Security Council faced the challenge of finding a formula to protect about 114‚000 ethnic Serbs while giving the majority ethnic
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How far can the ‘Melting Pot’ be applied to Native Americans? The melting pot‚ a concept evolved from Israel Zangwill’s play in 1908 whereby people from different ethnic origins are fused into one nation‚ presents the struggle for the American Government to assimilate the huge number of immigrants travelling to America‚ each coming from an array of different countries speaking various languages and owning a variety of different cultures. From 1865 to 1970‚ assimilation was forced upon the Native
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as opposed to the Presidential model which separates the powers. Westminster Parliament is the acting microcosm for the UK society; it is a small group of 365 MPs who are chosen to represent their constituencies. Each MP is given power through trusteeship when voted in‚ this meaning that they will try to carry out what is best for their constituency. They are also once voted in known as a mandate‚ the authority granted by a constituency to an MP to act as its representative. In government the key
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Whatever power relations manifested in different aspects of the development paradigm are perceived by post-developments. Basically‚ the Post-development also has two distinct and entwined concepts: knowledge and power (Jakimow‚ 2008). Post-developmentists argue that the power of this world is in the hands of developed countries. Because power is crucially dominant factor‚ the aim of the post-development is successfully to transfer power from the hands of outside ‘expertized’ paradigm that has been
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Lecture No. 1 25-10-210 KASHMIR ISSUE OUTLINE: 1. Background 2. Indian Perspective 3. Pakistan Perspective 4. Plebiscite 5. Partition 6. Independent and conclusion EARLY HISTORY: In the 18th century Kashmir was ruled by the Muslim Pashtun Durrani Empire. In 1819 Kashmir was conquered by the Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh. Following the First Anglo-Sikh War in 1845 and 1846‚ Kashmir was first ceded by the Treaty of Lahore to the East India Company‚ and shortly after sold by the Treaty
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Christian charity‚ democracy‚ and justice would bear fruit‚ but nothing was done. For most of this time they were not asking for equality‚ never mind claiming the right to run the country‚ all they asked for was a better deal under the system of white "trusteeship"‚ but even this was ignored. The deals they continued to get from the white government continued to get worse. In 1913 the Land Act was put into effect to cause them to lose most of their possessions‚ followed by losing their voting rights in the
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it is ethics that dominate economics and not vice versa‚ and that Islamic economics is characterized as being ethical besides being Godly‚ humane and balanced. The concept of Tawḥid has been identified as the core of Islamic ethics‚ along with trusteeship or stewardship‚ justice or equilibrium‚ free will or freedom‚ responsibility and generosity. On a more practical level‚ the manner for proper Islamic ethical conduct in business is based on leniency‚ which
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ITC e-Choupal an idea for upliftment of rural India e- Choupal is an initiative of ITC Limited (a large multi business conglomerate in India) to link directly with rural farmers for procurement of agricultural / aquaculture produce like soybeans‚ wheat‚ coffee‚ and prawns. e Choupal was conceived to tackle the challenges posed by the unique features of Indian agriculture‚ characterized by fragmented farms‚ weak infrastructure and the involvement of numerous intermediaries. A powerful illustration
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‘Bapu’ and ‘Chacha’: Builders of Modern India During the last two thousand five hundred years and more of India’s history‚ two individual combinations made tremendous impact both on India’s civilization and polity. The first duo was that of Kautilya and his trusted disciple Chandragupta Maurya who together laid the foundation of the first great historical empire of ancient India. The other duo was that of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru who were instrumental in laying the base of a modern Indian
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BUSINESS ETHICS & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OCS AGENDA • Understanding Ethics • Managing Business Ethics • Corporate Social Responsibility • Complexity of Ethical Issues • Ethical Leadership • Evaluation of Corporate Governance • Internal & External Corporate Governance mechanisms • Corporate Governance Ratings OCS Scams OCS Values • Fundamental beliefs • Principles for good‚ right and just • Evaluate something vis-à-vis a Standard • Integrity‚ Patriotism‚ Fairness OCS Morals • Values attributing
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