around the world are criticizing the United Nations for not preventing or stopping the devastating genocide that happened in Rwanda during 1994. The United Nations tried to mediate a cease-fire and bring peace to Rwanda‚ but it didn’t work out successfully. The main reason why UN was poorly equipped and insufficient‚ UN responded too late and Rwanda refused the UN’s support. The United Nations did make some contributions such as establishing the United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda(UNOMUR)
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Human Trafficking No nation is immune from the curse of human trafficking. The most powerful nation to the simplest of nations are not immune from modern day slavery. Some nations do not even know the true definition of what human trafficking is. The main contributors to human trafficking are governmental corruption‚ economic and social crisis within each nation’s borders. Now most nations are coming together to learn more about the slavery and how to battle it internally and abroad. What is
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According to the United Nations‚ “On 1 December 2000‚ the United Nations General Assembly adopted‚ unanimously‚ a resolution
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foundations and laws such as the United Nations and the Declaration of Human Rights have been founded. Despite the creation of the United Nations and the issuance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ conflict has continued in the post-World War II era. The attempts at keeping peace have and have not been effective since conflicts around the world keep reoccurring Although the severity of ethnic conflict has been improved by the making of the United Nations and Universal Declaration of Human
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Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention 1954 The Hague‚ 14 May 1954 - First Protocol‚ The Hague‚ 14 May 1954 - Second Protocol‚ The Hague‚ 26 March 1999 | | The High Contracting Parties‚ Recognizing that cultural property has suffered grave damage during recent armed conflicts and that‚ by reason of the developments in the technique of warfare‚ it is in increasing danger of destruction;
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the affected populations with the necessities regardless of the generous intent‚ requiring the United Nations humanitarian relief agencies to restrict the types of humanitarian goods that are accepted and establish a process that certifies and regulate the type of aid that is accepted.
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insecticide‚ when he realized it killed bug and insects (Davis‚ 1971). DDT was used to kill insects causing diseases such as body lice‚ malaria‚ and typhoid fever. The use of the insecticide dropped the cases of malaria in the United States‚ South Africa and other countries. By 1951‚ The United Stated considered malaria eradicated because of the use of DDT. In most countries malaria was under control and wiped out. Opponent of DDT In 1962 Rachel Carson‚ an aquatic biologist brought awareness to the
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Andrew Timco Composition 2 Mrs. Ferguson 4/15/2011 Banning Nuclear Weapons Testing Do you know how much money our nation spends on weapons? We have more than enough and aren’t allowed to use one in war without the complications of Nuclear Winter. Our country should reduce the amount of funding on nuclear weapons. However‚ in the one situation where we may need to incinerate a chemical war zone‚ a nuclear weapon is necessary. Nuclear weapons testing should be done on a much smaller scale
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World War saw Joseph Stalin’s rein to power. The United States of America had a plan for peace in this situation as well. The plan was very successful and its aim was to eliminate the threat of a communist take-over of the Western European states. If the Americans were unsuccessful‚ the communist takeover would cause much grief. The U.S.S.R would have a monopoly of exporting capital as well as having more resources such as nuclear weapons. Both United States of America and U.S.S.R have acknowledged
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influence. The factors that contributed to the rapid decline of the colonial empire in Africa and Asia between 1919 and 1949 are agreements such as The Atlantic Charter‚ the effects brought on by both World Wars‚ the achievements of the United Nations‚ the colonies’ desire for self-determination and the rise of nationalism. The Atlantic Charter was a critical factor in the decolonization of European colonies in Africa and Asia that established a vision for post-war settlement. The meeting
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