The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were officially established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000‚ following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. All 189 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve these goals by the year 2015. The goals are: Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger‚ Achieving universal primary education‚ Promoting
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The United Nations Acknowledgement I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my teacher who gave me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic the United Nations‚ which also helped me in doing a lot of Research and I came to know about so many new things I am really thankful to her. Secondly I would also like to thank my parents and friends who helped me a lot in finishing this project within the limited time. THANKS AGAIN TO ALL WHO HELPED ME. Introduction
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Idiot Nation In his essay‚ “Idiot Nation”‚ Michael Moore takes on education in America. As per usual‚ Mr. Moore uses sarcasm and hyperbole to emphasize his points. His writing style‚ while extremely one sided‚ is always humorous and thought provoking. Mr. Moore makes some excellent points and the essay is an easy read‚ one just has to remember to take everything he says with a grain of salt. One of the biggest problems with Mr. Moore’s essay is that he doesn’t have a clearly defined purpose
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there is a major conundrum around the world today regarding greenhouse gas emissions; Understanding that this is especially prevalent in developing countries due to unattainable and unaffordable technology and education; Bearing in mind the United Nations’ assistance in the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV)‚ whose goal is to create cleaner fuel and more fuel-efficient vehicles in developing countries; Recalling that the government and people of Rwanda are not currently financially
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settle disputes amicably. Each international organization has specific aims and purposes and a goal-oriented membership. At the end of World War II‚ one of the foremost International Organizations that was created to maintain world peace‚ was the United Nations Organization. Along with its allied agencies‚ the UNO strives to maintain peace and promote peace building activities. Many Regional Organizations like the NATO‚ ASEAN‚ EU‚ SAARC‚ GCC‚ OPEC and many others are also in existence today which seek
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Thematic Paper on MDG 3 PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN 2005 2000 2010 UNDP/John Olsson FOREWORD I am extremely pleased to introduce this set of analytical papers on the Millennium Development Goals1. The papers were produced by the member agencies of the UN Development Group Task Force on the MDGs‚ working in clusters. Each paper had one or more lead agencies and a set of member agencies in support. The Task Force was also able to draw on the ideas‚ experience
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disaster since the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki in World War II. In Rwanda‚ 800‚000 people died in less than one hundred days. As the well wishers of Europe and the United States turned a blind eye to what was happening in Rwanda‚ thousands of machete-wielding youths turned Rwanda into a mass grave. Although‚ the United Nations sent its peacekeepers they were few‚ severely underfunded‚ and with a mandate limited only to self defense and protection of foreign interests. In short‚ the peacekeepers
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Humanitarian Intervention in Somalia In December of 1992‚ the United States military landed in Somalia. The Somali civil war caused a famine that claimed the lives of three hundred thousand people and threatened the lives of two million more. As word of these gross human rights violations spread‚ the media and general public pressured the government into taking action in Somalia. Subsequently‚ with the United Nations’ consent‚ twenty-eight thousand soldiers were deployed to put an end to the
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agencies------------------------------------------------- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries‚ FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO’s mandate is to raise levels of nutrition‚ improve agricultural productivity‚ better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the
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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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