Child soldiers are defined as children‚ meaning they are under eighteen years old‚ who are used in the military. The military purposes for which they are used include fighting in combat‚ but may also entail jobs such as being cooks‚ porters‚ messengers‚ informants‚ or spies. Both boys and girls can be child soldiers. Children in the military are at the mercy of their commanders and must do whatever they are told to do or else risk being killed. This issue is completely unjust because child soldiers
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‘Statehood is a matter of politics‚ not of law.’ It is argued that statehood is attained after the fulfillment of certain prerequisites or “criteria”. Nevertheless‚ the application of criteria is not without problems: “The multi-criteria nature of concept‚ the tangled web of historically-specific pathways of state development‚ and differences in state forms have all contributed to substantial theoretical difficulties in reaching any wide agreement about how to define ‘the state’” (Dunleavy‚ Patrick
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of the United Nations has been to maintain peace and security‚ and UN Peacekeeping has become a tool instrumental to achieve this purpose. Yet changing times have broadened the scope of traditional peacekeeping operations‚ with peacekeepers now assuming a multitude of roles‚ from law enforcement and administration to legislative organs responsible for strengthening the rule of law‚ however. Despite the complex and multidimensional nature of most UN Peacekeeping operations today‚ the Security Council
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Foreign Affairs in the second United Indonesia Cabinet. Marty‚ the youngest son of Sonson Natalegawa and Siti Komariyah was born on 22 March 1963 in Bandung‚ West Java. Marty’s father was a former director of a state-owned bank. At the age of 9‚ Marty Natalegawa went to Singapore International School (SIS) after he was graduated from Kris Elementary School in 1974. After he finished his studies in SIS‚ he was sent to Ellesmere College and Concord College in United Kingdom from 1976 to 1981. He obtained
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under the age of 15 into national armed forces‚ or the active using of the latter in hostilities‚ as a war crime. Despite the United Nations Security Council condemning by the Resolution 1261 (1999) the targeting of children in situations of armed conflict as well as their recruitment and use during wars the Situation changed unsubstantial. For that reason‚ the United Nations General Assembly adopted on February 12‚ 2002 the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement
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the United Nations (UN) established various missions in attempt to end the conflict and monitor the transition from war to peace as well as prevent it from recurring. The original mission of United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM)‚ UNAVEM I lasted from 1989 to 1991. Later on‚ two follow-up missions were created; UNAVEM II from1991 to 1995 and UNAVEM III‚ lasting from 1995 to 1997. Following the UNAVEM mission‚ the “UN Security Council also authorised the creation of the United Nations
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I. Background to the crisis in Syria Protests asking for the release of political prisoners began mid-March 2011 and were immediately met by Syrian security forces who at first detained and attacked protestors with batons‚ and later opened gunfire‚ and deployed tanks and naval ships against civilians. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad refused to halt the violence and implement meaningful reforms demanded by protestors such as the lifting of emergency law‚ broader political representation and a freer
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argues for Usa closeness with India signals Asian countries that its usa not india which can be a problem solver and can justify usa’s pivot to asia policy as china already have conflicts in south china sea. India didnot seem to look for long term security issues that gives her regugee and more recently illustration of it is
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Assessing Canada’s Role in the World from 1945-2000 Canada has played a very significant role in the world from 1945-2000. Canada is viewed as a peacekeeping country because of its contributions to organizations such as the United Nations. Because of these contributions; Canada now has a much larger and more influential role on the world stage. Canada has also been involved in a number of international conflicts. Most notably was in 1950; Canada aided the people of South Korea against the aggressors
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Here’s everything what you need to know about United Nations INTRODUCTION The United Nations (UN) is an INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION established on 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective LEAGUE OF NATIONS‚ the organization was created following the ECOND WORLD WAR to prevent another such conflict. At
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