Environment Day (WED) is a day that stimulates awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and public action. It is on 5 June. It was the day that United Nations Conference on the Human Environment began. The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was from 5–16 June 1972. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972.[1] The first World Environment Day was on 1973. World Environment Day is hosted every year by a different city with a different theme and
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discussing terrorism is establishing a generally accepted definition. Terrorism can be described as the unlawful use of fear or force to achieve certain political‚ economical‚ or social aims. Because it is so hard to define‚ organizations like the United Nations have had great difficulty drawing up policies against terrorism. A single individual‚ a certain group‚ or even governments may commit terrorist actions. Most terrorists‚ unlike criminals‚ claim to be dedicated to higher causes‚ and do not believe
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some people are cruel and participate in outrageous acts. We can go back and look at the United States and their use of slaves from Africa. In Germany‚ less then 100 years ago‚ Adolf Hitler and the Nazis orchestrated one of the most hateful and dehumanizing acts with their concentration camps with the killings of millions of Jews‚ Gypsies‚ gays and others. Following these devastating acts the United Nations said they would not let genocide like the concentration camps ever occur again. But just
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When analyzing the gross domestic product (GDP) of Pakistan it becomes strikingly evident that there is another country which is very comparable to Pakistan based on its GDP; this nation‚ which appears to have a very similar economic orientation to Pakistan‚ is none other than the Philippines. The gross domestic product (GDP) of a country is the total market value of all the goods and services produced within an economy in a given year. Based on the 2007 statistics provided by the International Monetary
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Topic: SHOULD WEALTHY NATIONS BE REQUIRED TO SHARE THEIR WEALTH AMONG POORER NATIONS BY PROVIDING SUCH THINGS AS FOOD AND EDUCATION? OR IS IT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF POORER NATIONS TO LOOK AFTER THEIR CITIZENS THEMSELVES? Whether or not rich countries should help poor nations by providing food and education has long been an issue. Others go against such act of charity arguing that it is the poor countries’ governments’ full responsibility. I say‚ charity is good‚ but governments
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defined as‚ the universal system of principles and policies concerning the relations between states and international organisations. The overall identity of international law is the United Nations‚ and they govern international law through legal documents known as treaties. International law is enforced by the United Nations Security Council and the International Court of Criminal Justice. Effectiveness of International Law in Resolving Disputes International law is expanding over the years as many
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human contact means having constant encounters with people of different social orientation from us and clashes in such a set up are inevitable. Due to that global massive human contact‚ the value of peaceful and cooperative relationships between nations is getting even more important. That is when international relations come to the fore. International relations is a public policy and academic field that focuses on the relationships among members of the international system. It includes the relationships
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GLOBAL ISSUES Simply hours after the impact in Haiti‚ nations all over the world such as the United States‚ the United Kingdom and Venezuela were pledging “unwavering support” (Matt Frei‚ 2010). The United States of America immediately dispatched Navy Ships and smaller boats to Haiti while the US Agency for International Development (USID) sent specialised teams with rescue equipment. Similarly‚ Israel sent two planes with a field hospital and around two hundred and twenty (220) emergency personnel
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“Sanctions Won’t Solve Political Problems” Economic sanctions are a devastating political tool from a nation. “Though economic sanctions appear to be a powerful peacetime weapon‚ they actually do more harm than good‚” (pg. 242) as writer‚ Thea Karas‚ states in her article. United States has imposed many economic sanctions‚ which have had very little impact on the leaders of the other nations. In July of 1941‚ the U.S. imposed an economic sanction on Japan‚ which provoked the Japanese and later
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tedious responsibility to a major cash cow. For other nations and organizations‚ the environment is the least of their concerns. Certainly the wealth of a nation is an important factor concerning how a government handles environment protection. Not all governments can afford the clean technology‚ yet. I will discuss how the NAFTA can foster and promote sustainable development not only in Canada‚ Mexico‚ and the US but as well as less developed nations. I will show that creating and implementing green
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