... and, on occasion, in filling the power vacuum created by the withdrawal of old colonial powers.""17 The World has definitely witnessed some great changes since the inauguration of the U.N in 1945 and, "Some people say there has been more progress in the world in the fifty years that the U.N has been in existence than in the previous 2000 years.""18 However the United Nations has encountered countless problems in the past. The ... in such a diverse world. "You may think that human rights are obvious. Who could argue against holding elections, or being able to say what you think, or having ...

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