An emergency session of the U.N. Security Council was held on Sunday, December 19th, to attempt to ease tensions between North and South Korea following the North's attack on the civilian island of Yeonpyeong, which killed two South Koreans, wounded at least 14 others, and set more than 60 buildings on fire (Lederer, Frayer). Russia initially called for the Security Council meeting, where Moscow proposed ... a draft statement that encouraged the U.N.'s most powerful body to request that North and South Korea "exercise maximum restraint" and urge immediate diplomatic efforts to lessen the tens...

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The United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women recently awarded $10 million in grants to 13 initiatives in 18 countries. The UN Trust Fund, which is managed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women, or UNIFEM, was established in 1996 by the United Nations, and still remains the only multilateral grant-making mechanism solely devoted to supporting local and national efforts to end violence against women and girls. Its recent grant completed the UN Trust Fund's 14th grant-making cycle of 2009, which awarded a total of $20.5 million to 26 projects ...

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... checkpoint and held for days while officials bound, beat, poured alcohol in her eyes, and gang raped her repeatedly. The accused men plan to sue her, according to government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim (The Huffington Post). Al-Obeidy fled from Libya into Tunisia aided by a defecting military officer and his family. ... Apparently, she left in a military car and was able to make it through several checkpoints disguised "in the local manner" and using a refugee document (The Huffington Post). Despite the original relief al-Obeidy's ... status, but they procured a court order and noted that ...

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... Iraq faces is the behavior of terrorist groups or organizations such as the infamous Al-Qaeda. These groups are causing constant chaos, which makes it harder difficult for political parties to attempt to rebuild any infrastructure that remains after the ruling of Sadam Hussein. Thirdly, the Iraqi population has never experienced a truly democratic political system. This contorts their perception of what a ... years. The primary difference between the Yemenis and the Iraqis is that Yemen deposed its authoritarian government before a need arose for United Nations interference. In order for...

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... of Hama, killing almost 100 Syrians over the span of a weekend. In light of the unprovoked violence, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss what action they would take, but Russia and China disagree with the majority. Ban expressed his disgust with the Syrian military and President al ... -Assad. "Since the beginning of this situation, I have issued many statements, I have spoken to President Assad several times, and I have expressed my sincere wish and genuine wish that he should genuinely, genuinely address these issues in a peaceful manner," ... . Brazil, India, and South ...

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... of Hama, killing almost 100 Syrians over the span of a weekend. In light of the unprovoked violence, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss what action they would take, but Russia and China disagree with the majority. Ban expressed his disgust with the Syrian military and President al ... -Assad. "Since the beginning of this situation, I have issued many statements, I have spoken to President Assad several times, and I have expressed my sincere wish and genuine wish that he should genuinely, genuinely address these issues in a peaceful manner," ... . Brazil, India, and South ...

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... born in Ghana, on the 8th of April 1938, and assumed his current post in January 1997, and was reappointed in January 2001. His career highlights have been a mission to ensure transfer to democratic rule in Nigeria in 1998, brokering an agreement between Libya and the UN's security council concerning responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing in 1999 and he organised an international ... helping his organisation cope with war in Iraq. While remaining strictly neutral in the conflict himself, he made strong efforts to try and ensure the continuation of weapons inspections under Hans Blix i...

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... the famine that currently devastates their country. After nearly twenty years of civil war and two annual droughts, livestock and crops died off, causing malnutrition to rampage through the country and food prices to reach unprecedented amounts. To make matters worse, Al-Shabab, the militia associated with al-Qaeda that now holds power in much of southern Somalia, prohibits any international aid ... the elderly or the very young - seek refuge in neighboring countries. Kenya welcomes about 1,300 Somalis everyday, while Ethiopia receives almost 400 more daily (Raghavan). Since 2009, al-Sha...

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... our partners we remain very vigilant regarding preventing the use of chemical weapons, which for the international community would be a legitimate reason for direction intervention," said Hollande to French ambassadors, in an attempt to further nudge Syria into settling (Erlanger). Rebel groups first took up arms almost 18 months ago, and violence has increasingly gotten worse recently. Although almost all United ... (Erlanger). After reiterating the United States' President Barack Obama's statement, which was in turn backed by Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, Hollande agreed that...

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... of State spokeswoman Victoria Nuland agreed that the participants are taking "irresponsible and provocative" actions and urged them to use "established and efficient" measures to get aid to Gaza (Chick). The Foreign Press Association fought back in favor of the activists, saying journalists have a right to cover a legitimate news event and should not be threatened or intimidated for doing their jobs. The association ... however. In fact, instead of backing down, many are simulating encounters with the Israeli Navy instead (Chick). On the other hand, the Israeli forces have undergone seve...

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... developing countries do not leave the youth in their country uneducated as it will hinder the country's economic growth. To achieve this aim governments should begin to invest in more schools that will provide sufficient number of teachers and equipment to strive the children to their full potential. A recent survey conducted by UNICEF and UNESCO of fourteen countries found that one-third of the ... classrooms in most countries lacked a blackboard and were in need of urgent repair, 30% did not have chairs of desks, and a third lacked access to safe water. In Zambia, more than one-half o...

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... weeks, collecting evidence from both the Jewish Agency and the Arab Leagues. However, the issue of the Jewish displaced persons had become the main priority of UNSCOP. During UNSCOP's visit to Palestine, coincidently, one incident was particularly significant. The members of the committee had developed sympathetic feelings for the Jewish such as the callous treatment of Jewish displaced persons who arrived ... further justifies that it is a primary source. The source is a translated letter and informs the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Hungary with such suggestions and warnings of the ...

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... name as the Rape of Nanking. During these genocides the entire world stayed away from the countries and didn't act until it was too late to do any good. Yes after World War Two we held the a conference and stated that the countries had state sovereignty, and other countries couldn't ... Nations decided that genocide cannot occur again. With this being said, the United Nations all signed this document in hopes of genocide finally being put to an end. This lasted about thirty years until the next large scale genocide in 1975, this is when the Cambodian genocide began. The document itself ....

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... destination of these trafficked women and children. The requirements of demand and supply are firmly in place. More importantly, the trade is a thriving one. The human trafficking industry is believed to be worth approximately $13 billion (Tran, 2007, p.22), a sum that no doubt keeps the trafficking organizations highly motivated. Given the high stakes involved, the process of human ... trafficking is a highly complicated one that includes corrupt officials, ships and extensive networks. "The success of human trafficking depends on frequent transportation of victims to the many different...

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... with Turkey was a sign of improving relations with one another. However, despite official visits and diplomatic excursions, Turkey and Armenia were not able to establish concrete relations (Iskandaryan 39). Diplomatic relations between both countries faced problems which ultimately led to a deadlock in negotiations. An example of this was how Turkey argued that Armenia did not officially recognize the existing border between the two ... countries as established by the 1921 treaties of Kars and Gumru (Iskandaryan 39). Since the closure of the border in 1993, actions out of governmental d...

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... Palestinian decided terrorism would probably grab the world's attention. In Israel, a young Palestinian went "to the door and murdered 25 men and women, one pregnant with two children in her belly " (Gaughen 57). On the other hand, Israeli soldier needs to deal with massive stoning, fire bombings, attacks with iron bars, chains, knives and other lethal weapons from Palestinians (Gaughen ... 66). Palestinians use extreme ways to show their anger and depression for not getting any response for their demand. Moreover, Palestinians may consider destroying ... lost their homeland by Israelis'...

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... direction of the United States" role in foreign affairs. Currently, the main debate is over whether the United States should follow its traditional policy of working with its allies and to build a more prosperous and secure world. On the contrary, the second approach examines whether the United States can achieve the goal of building a secure world through a more unilateral approach ... nations has had its time, and now President Bush is displaying his option to seek an unilateral approach to international politics. In closing, from the current conflict in Iraq to President Bush's fore...

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... transnational organizations-challenging the realist preoccupation with the state. Pluralist do not view the state as a unitary, rational actor, but rather as a battleground for conflicting bureaucratic and other interests, subject to the pressures of both domestic and transnational interest groups (Viotti and Kauppi 508). Directly opposing the realist perspective, pluralists see the concept of national security as concerning the "security of ... sets out in its Operative Paragraphs the steps which Iraq must now take clearly and deliberately (Straw). This statement was made by the Foreign...

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... the country have felt that peacekeeping by Canadian forces since 1945 has been a major factor in maintaining and enhancing military professionalism . While this is true to some extent, this essay argues in support of the Canadian historian, Jack Granatstein who dismissed peacekeeping as "fatal distraction" for Canada's armed forces. Peacekeeping has been one of the most important roles of the ... Canadian military for decades. The very first peacekeeping operation in when the country took part, even prior to the establishment of the official United Nations system, was in ... terms of t...

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... declined slightly, mortality rates in underdeveloped nations are on the increase. The life expectancy in Bostwana has fallen from 61 years in 1990 to 44 years in 1999. Furthermore, life expectancy in this country is projected to fall to a mere 39 years by the year 2010. Water shortages combined with overpopulation in India are producing the same ill effects on this country as the ... declined slightly, mortality rates in underdeveloped nations are on the increase. The life expectancy in Bostwana has fallen from 61 years in 1990 to 44 years in 1999. Furthermore, life expectancy in this c...

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... . Nation, and from that Nationalism, is apparent in all modern states, whether it is a positive or negative infliction is up to the individual. REFERENCES: Anderson, B (1991) Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, 2nd revised edition. London: Verso. Brown, S (1995) New forces, Old Forces, and the Future of World Politics. Harpercollins: New York. Durkheim ... social issues that affect them and knowledge of the process on how to change their environment to suit their needs. REFERENCES: Declaration of Alma-Ata, WHO, 1978. Landes, D (1998) The Wealth and ...

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... Protestant, and traditional religions. The rebel group known as the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) however, is currently fighting a civil war against the Luanda government to gain power in the country (Angola Report 1-2). After almost 500 years of Portuguese rule, Angola gained independence in 1975. Most Portuguese settlers fled the country during the war for independence ... A national unity government was installed in April of 1997, but serious fighting resumed in late 1998, rendering hundreds of thousands of people homeless. Up to 1.5 million lives may ha...

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... that its rules favour companies from wealthy countries. They argue that by making it difficult for countries to protect their own industries with discriminatory tariffs, it is hard for poor countries to build domestic industries. Left critics of capitalism The World Social Forum emerged as a counterpoint to the World Economic Forum. It represents a broad range of interests and civil society groups with the ... corporations at the expense of national economies; workers, farmers and other people; and the environment. The WTO should not solely focus on opening markets but also allow trade t...

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... CULTURE Rapid changes in technology in the last several decades have changed the nature of culture and cultural exchange. People around the world can make economic transactions and transmit information to each other almost instantaneously through the use of computers and satellite communications. Governments and corporations have gained vast amounts of political power through military might and economic influence. Corporations have ... shape the culture of less powerful societies, a process some researchers call cultural hegemony. Today, many anthropologists openly oppose efforts by dom...

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... and humanitarian assistance. It has thus played a major role in resolving some of the most protracted conflicts of recent years. The means at its disposal to bring about peace are varied: a Security Council decision ordering a cease-fire and laying down guidelines for settling a dispute . . . good offices of the Secretary- General . . . a compromise worked out by a mediator . . . unpublicized diplomatic approaches during informal encounters . . . dispatch ... in ending the eight-year war between Iran and Iraq. Intensive mediation efforts by the Security Council and the Secretary- Genera...

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