people uses collectively. In the article title‚ Water: Critical shortages ahead?-water is a resource shared globally and its consumption has raised six fold between 1900 and 1995-more than double the rate of population growth. According to a 1997 United Nations assessment of freshwater resources found that one third of the world’s population lives in countries experiencing moderate to high water stress. Moderate to high stress translates to consumption levels that exceed 20 percent of available supply
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As the world’s largest economic and military power‚ the United States is one of the most influential countries in the modern world. When considering the role that America must play in preventing genocide around the globe‚ it is crucial to appraise the impact we have on other countries. Taking into account the capability of the United States to shape the outlooks other countries have on the issue of genocide‚ the United States should take responsibility for ending a genocide and lead the rest of
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Sustainability The Millennium Declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on September 8‚ 2000. It set eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to outline the global agenda to “reaffirm the universal values and principles of freedom‚ equality‚ solidarity‚ tolerance‚ respect for nature and the UN’s commitment to promoting peace‚ security‚ disarmament‚ human rights‚ democracy and good governance” (United Nation in India‚ 2011). Each goal has been set to achieve by the year of
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stronger nations impose their power and will over the weaker nations. If in ancient times wars were happening primarily to take on new territories and resources‚ it was sufficiently clear and justifiable for a whole nation to stand behind that idea. However‚ wars nowadays are provoked by vague and unjustifiable reasons. The modern world as I see it is against fighting in wars‚ but at the same time it spends huge amounts of money for the creation of weapons and military supplies. Today every nation imposes
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India is a peace - loving country and has been the member of the United Nations from the very existence of the United Nation Organisation. India has always played a key role in bringing peace to various countries on war and thus fulfilling the objective of the UNO. It has also been an active member of the various agencies of the UNO like the UNESCO‚ the WHO and the UNICEF. Once the President of the General Assembly of the UNO was Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit. India has also been elected as a member
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same rights‚ resources‚ opportunities and protections. It does not require that girls and boys‚ or women and men‚ be the same‚ or that they be treated exactly alike."[14] The United Nations Population Fund has declared that men and women have a right to equality.[15] "Gender equity" is one of the goals of the United Nations Millennium Project‚ to end world poverty by 2015; the project claims‚ "Every single Goal is directly related to women’s rights‚ and societies where women are not afforded equal
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RIGHTS International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 14 (2007) 379–397 www.brill.nl/ijgr INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON MINORITY AND Preventing the ‘Odious Scourge’: The United Nations and the Prevention of Genocide William A. Schabas* 1. Introduction The prevention of genocide has figured on the agenda of the United Nations virtually from the organisation’s very beginning. Resolution 96(I)‚ adopted at the initial session of the General Assembly‚ pledged the organisation to prevent and punish
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School of Legal Studies‚ M.S.University. Introduction: International law cannot be defined per se. The concept of International Law is not only complex but also dynamic. But‚ in a nutshell‚ we can say that International law is a body of rules that nations recognize as binding upon one another in their mutual relations. However‚ International Law is evolving from the Morality principle to a more enforceable norm. In basic conception‚ International law consists of a common body of norms or principles
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another communist nation. This help for South Korea meant that a communist nation would be weakened and therefore possibly cripple a potential ally for the Soviet Union. Also‚ South Korea would then respond to a call for aid if the Soviet Union ever attacked America. 2. The implications of NSC-68 for military spending by the United States and its allies. The NSC-68 stated that "budgetary considerations will need to be subordinated to the stark fact that our very independence as a nation may be at stake
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in union before age 18‚ by region (2006). CEE/CIS‚ Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Reproduced with permission from United Nations Children’s Fund. Progress ... Figure 2 Percentage of women aged 20–24 who were married or in union before age 18 (1987–2006). Reproduced with permission from United Nations Children’s Fund. Progress for Children: A World Fit for Children Statistical Review. New York: ...
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