... 460,000 people with access to clean and safe drinking water, temporary storage of water, household water treatment, mobile water treatment and pumping units. Additionally, they distributed hygiene supplies including soap and washing powder, which helped around 245,000 people[UNI]. The Ministry of Health (MoH), in partnership with WHO and UNICEF, has undertaken monthly polio immunization rounds since December 2013 ... ...

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... as an excuse to settle its disagreements with Serbia. Many became involved in the World War. Europe had been divided into two camps. The Central Powers and the Allies. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy were members of the Central Powers. Russia, France, and England formed the Allies. The Balken States and Serbia sided with the Allies. The United States was a neutral nation ... United States government. In January 1919 a peace conference to end World War I met in Paris. The meeting had representatives from all the countries that had been at war with the Central Powers. The Peace Confer...

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... democracy deficit. Does this scarcity of democracy really give them any advantage vis -vis economic development? Perhaps, in some ways, it does. Countries like China with authority vested in a small central body are capable of taking decisions quickly. In democratic societies like India and Brazil, the smallest of decisions often has to undergo detailed scrutiny from different sections. In the communication ... the panacea for all economic woes of developing nations. Countries like Zimbabwe and North Korea, with despotic regimes have their economy in shambles. Their plight underscores ...

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... infrastructure from scratch, in countries where it has collapsed or long been non-existent, it is hard for anyone but locals to do it."5 This chicken-and-egg conundrum is central to the case against the benefits of a foreign-installed democracy. Of paramount importance is the fact that countries tailor their foreign policies according to their own interests. No one piece ... of evidence can illustrate this as self-interest is central to humanity. A foreign force trying to create democracy and freedom in a country is first and foremost a beacon for suspicion. What's in it for them? Why d...

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... , some of the Kuomintang forces joined the Communist side. In the fifth attack the Red Army was defeated by one million Kuomintang troops due to poor tactics employed by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. On October 16th, the remaining ninety thousand men in the Red Army began their retreat known as the Long March. Mao was named head ... of the Central Committee and his followers replaced most of the other men. On October 25, 1935, The Red Army reached its goal, the Shensi Province far in the northwest of China. In ... ...

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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 state caused difficulties in establishing a boundary between two countries. Both states ... ...

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... the nations and distrust between the former allies. There were a number of economic impacts that significantly resulted in the lead up to the cold war. The nuclear arms race was central to the development of the cold war which was a belief that the more nuclear weapons you had, the more powerful you were. America and Russia built up their stockpiles of ... ...

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... plan will hopefully be one where ethical barriers can be decreased. The importance of indigenous peoples and land tends to be overlooked however, realizing that their customs and traditions are central to many lives should take precedence. Ultimately, the success of Noca Cola will be dependent upon their ability and insight of knowing the "weather" and "terrain." ... ...

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... worldwide controls, President Truman asked Congress to change the structure of U.S. security agencies in order to ensure the safety of Americans. Congress agreed and the National Security Council (NSC) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were created. The NSC was responsible for advising the president on national security issues and monitored what the CIA was doing. The CIA was responsible for collecting ... ...

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... increases the use of health services."" "Higher education levels are associated with better family planning, playing a major roles in falling fertility rates."" This notion of synergies among social investments is central to reducing hunger, malnutrition, disease and illiteracy - and to advancing human capabilities, said the report. As quoted in The Independent (London)-, Mr Malloch Brown said,"" It is about jobs and ... ...

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... killing millions" as a main justification for waging war with Iraq this year (Bowman). On September 16, 2003 the United Nations" weapons of mass destruction search begins. George Tenet, director of central intelligence, said that "we do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its (weapons of mass destruction) programs, although given his ... ...

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... ] will contribute hugely to economic development and social progress." (UN Report #95). Therefore, the next area of discussion is generating opportunities for the young through education and employment. Education is "central to development, social progress and human freedom," (UN Report #97) yet 130 million children in developing countries do not attend school. Sixty percent of these uneducated children are girls. The ... ...

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... Bloc 3rd world: Over population has reached some of these nations through industrial pollution and depletion of natural resources. Latin Bloc: With many of the world's premier rainforests located in Central and South America, these nations want to prolong the life of their natural resources so that they can mature economically. Asian Bloc: Arguably the hardest hit continent with China and ... ...

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... the Gulf war in the early 1990s, over $60,000,000,000 dollars worth of arms and ammunition have been sent by the United States to the Middle-East and central Asia. The USA has maintained their military presence in Asia and the East for decades as if it was their own land to do what they want with. With its ... ...

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... interests. Time and again, 11 September is described as an "opportunity". Since 11 September, America has established bases at the gateways to all the major sources of fossil fuels, especially central Asia. Under cover of propaganda about alleged weapons of mass destruction, America is developing new weapons of mass destruction that undermine international treaties on biological and chemical warfare. In other ... ...

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... conference was repeatedly postponed. The conference was finally held in August of 2000 in Djibouti. Over several months, hundreds of Somalia's clan leaders and politicians debated the establishment of a new central government. The conference elected a transitional legislative body and a president, Abdiqasim Salat Hassan. "The new government has continued to face numerous challenges as it has attempted to establish control over Somalia ... ...

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Political and Security Committee Topics: State Sponsored Assassination, State Sponsored Preemptive Aggression, and Korea Issue This year's central theme in the Political and Security Committee is the prevention of hostile attacks in nations. The main focus is how we can avert any attacks before they take action, as ... ...

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... UN peacemaking role. Confronted with the problems encountered, the Security Council did not establish any operation from 1995 to 1997. Continuing crises in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, East Timor, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, and Ethiopia-Eritrea led the Council to establish six new missions in 1998-2000. The experience of recent years has also led the ... ...

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... similar situation to the United States, with many of its citizens avidly protesting the war. Protestors who are part of the Stop the War Coalition (StWC) have been marching through central London with very large turnouts for each event. One member was quoted as saying, "It looks like they are going to attack Iraq and we want the British government to ... ...

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... . A typical roadside stop will involve the use of handheld retina scanners that will relay the scan to the local precinct. In turn, the information will be downloaded from the country's central database to the precinct is then relayed to the officer's device. This makes the officer's capability of obtaining positive identity verification simple and fast. If a person's file shows some indication ... ...

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President Ramos does not use the phrase "special relations." Bu he say as much & more fulsomely when he speaks of a continuing community of strategic & "economic interests" as a "central fact of life" which transcends fluctuations in the political & psychological climate & which denotes in valuable constants in bilateral affairs, which either the US or the Philippines can either ill-afford ... ...

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