human rights has been finally materialized by UN with the adoption and enforcement of Convention on rights of Persons with disabilities.(CRPD). A close look at the drafting process of this convention also brings home the fact that UN has paid a sufficient heed to the contemporary clarion call of disability rights movement‚ “nothing about us without us” by giving ample representation to the disability sector of civil society. Indeed the efforts of the UN signifies transformation in the status of PWDs
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is hard to ignore the issues that the UN has faced over the years and it would be naive to say it was a complete success. However‚ that is not to say it is not a success at all. If a student fails one exam in a single class‚ does that mean they are failing out of the University? Or if a student fails a single class‚ is all else lost? No‚ not at all. The UN has its problems but overall it has proven to be incredibly successful. The first reason the UN should be considered a success is that
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The National Security Council Report 68-(NSC 68) was presented to the president Harris S. Truman on April‚ 4 1950. The report was a group effort‚ created with input from the Defense Department‚ the State Department‚ the CIA‚ and other interested agencies; NSC-68 formed the basis for America’s Cold War policy for the next two decades. The USA Patriot Act is an law that fights against terrorist‚ started by the U.S. Congress in October 2001‚ by President George W. Bush. The major cause was to respond
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be to propose some key steps and strategies that the UN should adopt in order to be at par with other high-performing large organizations. If carefully implemented‚ it would go a long way in streamlining the UN’s human capital and developing a management system that is efficient for the provision of necessary services. Sources of Information In this paper‚ the information used will be from first hand observation and clear analysis of the UN systems provided in the public domain and through the
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creation of the United Nations (UN) in 1945. The resulting United Nations Charter has 110 articles‚ with the goal of creating a worldwide organization to halt future world wars. True power within the UN is found on the Security Council‚ which has five permanent members who are granted total veto power on any UN resolutions. The US is one of these five members‚ with the others being Russia‚ Taiwan (now China)‚ France‚ and the United Kingdom. The problems with the UN quickly became obvious‚ as Russia
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of the Security Council. As a result‚ the selection is subject to the veto of any of the five permanent Members of the Security Council. While the appointment and approval process of the Secretary-General is outlined in the UN Charter‚ specific guidelines have emerged regarding the term limits and selection process. These include a limit to two five-year terms‚ regional (continental) rotation of the appointee’s national origin‚ and the appointee may not be a citizen of any of the Security Council’s
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HOW EFFICIENT IS THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL IN PROMOTING GLOBAL SECURITY (WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO DARFUR AND IRAQ)? “Mr. Secretary General‚ Mr. President‚ distinguished delegates‚ and ladies and gentlemen: We meet one year and one day after a terrorist attack brought grief to my country‚ and brought grief to many citizens of our world. Yesterday‚ we remembered the innocent lives taken that terrible morning. Today we turn to the urgent duty of protecting other lives
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establish security among nations in order to prevent a Third World War. In 1944‚ the United Nations Charter was drafted by the four Super powers: the United States‚ Great Britain‚ China and the Soviet Union. In order to help the United Nations to effectively maintained peace and security‚ the Security Council was set up. The Security Council is one out of six organs that was established under the United Nations and govern by the United Nations Charter. The objective of Security Council is to maintain
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Council of Ministers The Council of Ministers also known as the Council of the European Union is the most powerful institution within the history of the European Union. The Council of Ministers has retained and increased its power throughout the treaties in the EU. The Council of Ministers is usually referred to as “the Council”. It is the EU’s main decision making and law-making body‚ and works in partner with the EU parliament to form the EU’s governing body. The council of minsters is
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United Nations (UN) to continue its primary goal in the maintaining of peace and security universally. Often referred to as the “The Blue Helmets” UN peacekeepers have been deployed all over the globe to intervene in some of the worst conflicts on the planet under the authority of Chapter VI and Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter‚ once described as the “Chapter 6 ½ initiative” by Dag Hammerskjold (Rana‚ 1994: 2). Article 53 of the United Nations Charter emphasises the right of the UN through its
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