... the sale of diamonds supports factions such as the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), organizations that committed human rights violations and other atrocities against humanity. While the diamond trade is not completely corrupted, the United Nations has raised awareness of these violations and has helped to establish regulations ... decisions about the purchase of their diamonds. The United Nations has sought out to regulate the diamond trade and eliminate conflict diamonds. United Nations involvement has legitimized this...

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... lives of people in distant countries are increasingly being linked through commerce, communication technology and culture. It is a phenomenon that we call "Globalization". The increased movement of money, people, products and ideas around the world which affects people across the globe (United Nations Association of the United State OF America: Globalization mini-simulation: ... in developing countries. In addition, it has contributed to improving working conditions in developing countries and spreads information and ideas across the globe, such as democracy and human rights (UNCTD). The...

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... many have been alarmed and have thus chosen to speak out against globalization (such as the protestors of the IMF and other international organizations that according to them violate certain rights in the name of economic prosperity). Nations who seemingly cannot afford to be displaced are seeking forms of modernization to keep up with the global market, such as China. "In ... countries are working hard to better themselves economically, when this may not at all be true. The cycle thus continues and this is, in a very simplistic view, what nourishes globalism. A movement in Germany, and...

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