Biological Warfare In the article, "Assessing the Biological Weapons Threat," the author, Zachary Selden, approaches the threat that the United States has towards the use of biological weapons and the measures as to which the world community is fighting it. In detail, he alerts the reader abo...
The Executive Board is the governing body of UNICEF, providing intergovernmental support and oversight to the organization, in accordance with the overall policy guidance of the United Nations General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council [UNI1]. ... Overall, I think UNICEF is very successful with helping the children of Syria, as they have already achieved so many of their goals and have benefited millions of people through their hard work and determination. ...
The overall sex ratio (the number of females per 1000 males) for India is 940 females per 1000 males as per 2011 Census, which is an improvement over the 2001 figure of 933. ... Though there has been a substantial decline in overall infant and child mortality and a consequent increase in life-expectancy of the population, the decline has not been sufficient to achieve the Twelfth Plan goal of reduction to 30/1000 live births by 2012. ...
Globalization broadly refers to the expansion of global linkages, the organization of social life on a global scale, and the overall growth of a global consciousness. ... This generally has a positive overall effect on the employment and income of the poor. ... Another reason is poverty can be measure in a number of different ways for example, country's average or by consumption capacity or in terms of overall well-being. ...
New technologies and innovations not only improve the overall effectiveness of production, but also improve standard of living of people. 4) Through trade many countries in the world can obtain various resources like oil or iron ore. ... In some cases trade can lead to a deeper economic integration and even (theoretically speaking) establishment of a monetary union, which, under certain conditions, can further improve economic growth. 9) Since trade is beneficial (points 1-8 above), there are good chances that overall welfare in a given country will be improved. ... And although starting f...
Health care in our country has been widely debated for many years now. There is an overwhelming disagreement about whether health care is a right, or a privilege for those who have worked hard enough to afford it. The United Nations long ago established health care as a human right, but the United S...
Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), governments have committed to ensure the overall protection of children and the range of rights implications it has, substantially infringe these protections. ... Not only has the environment and the equality of more empowered women have progressed but also the overall of people reaching their full "human potential....
Most economists argues that it is not the physical capital or natural resources that determine the character and pace of its economic and social development, but its human resources. Developing countries must agree because they devote so much of their resources and capital into education. The late...
An amendment to the Articles of Agreement would be very difficult to attain, as it would require approval by an overall three fifths majority of members and an 85 percent majority of weighted votes "ironically, a double majority in itself." ...
For example, it has been said that the vast nature of the organisations and its multitude of organisations within the overall body overlap leading to a significant financial inefficiency and in some cases the number of subsidiary organisations are more than most major governments. ...
The Sudan and South Sudan conflict The two sided armed conflict between Sudan and South Sudan in March 2012 was a critical event in the history of central Africa. The consequent Political fallout followed by a proclamation of independence of South Sudan and its official recognition as a sovereign st...
Overall, the threat to global security became the public reason for American involvement in Korea because it enabled the U.S. to create a positive portrayal of themselves in the world arena as the foremost superpower in ascendancy, and therefore the best superpower for smaller nations to seek allegiance with. ...
Introduction Over the last half century the United Nations has been providing regulation, order and peace throughout the world since the end of the second World War. Wether it is implementing peace efforts via Security Council intervention or Humanitarian endeavours spearheaded by the Economic an...
While subcommittee is not a novel concept (mentioned in Article 47, the UN Charter), this suggestion proposes an overall cooperation of the UNSC and regional organization, which means 1) the scope of integration includes but is not limited to the Military Staff Committee and; 2) the duration of cooperation includes but is not limited to emergency. ...
Genocide is an unacceptable concept anywhere in the world, which needs to be put to an end. Throughout the twentieth century there were forty million individuals were killed during some sort of Genocide. The vast majority of the world stood by and watched these genocides occur while millions of live...
Overall, transition economies have been negatively impacted by global trends, with economies in Europe and Central Asia experiencing an average fall in economic growth of 1.0% per year during 1990-2001 in contrast with an average 2.1% growth rate in the 1980's. ...
Gender inequality refers to unequal treatment of individuals based on their gender and this remains to be a major barrier to human development. For girls in many regions, education still remains unattainable. The world can progress immensely if we promote gender equality as several women have the ca...
Education not only helps in the provision of better job opportunities, an improved standard of living and higher salary, it has been shown that when children are educated better in schools, it raises their political awareness, they move forward from traditional notions and there is an overall increase in gender equality (IPCD, 2014). ...
He further argues that this ban on gay-marriage is an obstacle for the gay people to raise children and in some cases discourage them from having children at all. 8 Colson, Gomes and Eskridge made their case using "family values", but a high percentage (76%) of American agrees that deciding factor in their decision about gay marriage is religious faith.9 Christian's viewpoint : We all live in a civilized society where most of the people consider family life, culture, presence of God as a highest power, humanity, legal rights are, some of the important elements of their overall s...
International Environmental Law NGOs and the development of international environmental law. -Whats their role? -Do they serve a useful purpose? -Whats the 'back sides'? Word count: 2188 1. Introduction The following paper examines the growing role of non-governmental organizatio...
Introduction American author and poet, Maya Angelou once said, "How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!" Looking more carefully at this quote, she emphasizes the recognition of works of men and women equally. Many may wonder why she emphasizes this in her quot...
Abstract During the last few decades the global economic landscape has significantly changed due to globalization. Globalization is the multifaceted process that increases the interconnection between the economies in terms of trade, capital and culture. Globalization has a profound effect that has ...
Peacekeeping in Webster's dictionary is defined as "the preserving of peace; especially in international enforcement and supervision of a truce between hostile states or communities" (Webster 842). The United Nations (UN) in 1942 implemented operations for peacekeeping in the United States, which was first used in World War II as a military action. Military leaders found it a necessity to have a special unit focused on keeping peace throughout the world after diplomatic efforts fail (Johnson 43). For example, over one hundred major conflicts around the world had left twenty million dea...
Defeated was obvious - Germany, but contenders for laurels of winners there were many, the overall victory no one wanted to admit that predetermined the inevitability of clashes, aggravated by the incompatibility of the objectives pursued by the members of the coalition in the new conditions. ...
