... in this day and age of high technology and mass production, the gap between the rich and the poor has grown ever more wide. In the 1920's there is one rich person for every 3 poor people but now the ratio has alarmingly increased: 1 rich person for every 72 poor.[1] Yet global spending would make war and war-related expenses as the number one item in global spending. Consider the following statistics: • The ... industrial corporations employ only .05 percent of the world's population while controlling 25% of the world's economic output. • Only one percent of all multinational corpor...

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... day and age of high technology and mass production, the gap between the rich and the poor has grown ever more wide. In the 1920's there is one rich person for every 3 poor people but now the ratio has alarmingly increased: 1 rich person for every 72 poor.[1] Yet global spending would make war and war-related expenses as the number one item in global spending. Consider the following statistics: - The world spends ... 's 500 largest industrial corporations employ only .05 percent of the world's population while controlling 25% of the world's economic output. - Only one percent of all multi...

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... and attended to their consituents, rather than heading off for this ill-advised Mediterranean cruise," said Dublin Labour councilor Richard Humphreys. "This is not just my opinion. This flotilla is in defiance of the call by the secretary general of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, that such flotillas should be discouraged, and blocked by member states, as they may only provide a focus for violence. I fully support ... the call by Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore that all sides must avoid the completely unjustified violence associated with the last flotilla" (Weiss). The flotilla is purposefully not releasin...

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... changing roles since World War II. After World War II the roles of Australian women in society have changed greatly from being the domestics housewife who were pretty, well kept and great managers for their time. In most cases women often had no opinions,and were very dependant on their husbands. The change has been to that of a wife who can manage their time by having a job, doing ... the housework and taking care of their children. After the war they were many reasons why women ... wanted or need to go out and work. One of the ... ...

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... long time. Most societies have always had some form of legal recognition and protection of human rights, but definitions as to what constitutes human rights, and who should have them have varied considerably. Human rights became a matter of international concern in the 19th century. Most international discussions today combine the two views of human rights, that is, freedom and welfare rights. ... Along with the traditional civil rights enumerated in Western constitutions (for ex: equal protection of the laws, protection against arbitrary arrest, the right to a fair trial, freedom of ow...

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... long time. Most societies have always had some form of legal recognition and protection of human rights, but definitions as to what constitutes human rights, and who should have them have varied considerably. Human rights became a matter of international concern in the 19th century. Most international discussions today combine the two views of human rights, that is, freedom and welfare rights. ... Along with the traditional civil rights enumerated in Western constitutions (for ex: equal protection of the laws, protection against arbitrary arrest, the right to a fair trial, freedom of ow...

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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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... 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 response to the crisis in East Timor in the same year. In 2000, he secured the certification of ... Israel's withdrawal from the Lebanon and he made, and has continued to make, strong efforts to ... ...

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... be joined by the rest of the southern half of Somalia within a matter of months. Approximately 3.2 million people are relying on international assistance to save their lives. However, sufficient aid is not being supplied. The United States and other Western donors donations are falling several hundred million dollars short of saving the refugees who are coming in droves and from protecting the refugee countries from suffering because of the large influx of people (Raghavan ... ). "Initially when we started giving food here at the reception centers, we started by giving a 15-day ration in...

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... agenda. Action against Iraq was put on hold until after the war in Afghanistan was over; that explains the timing of this new policy. Since President Bush has now decided that it is appropriate to take some sort of action against Iraq, the United States is faced with many options. The United States has tried in the past to mount a coup and to foster an internal rebellion ... to war, as they were in the Gulf War as well as in Serbia. Personally, I think that it would be a very wise decision for the United Nations to impose the strictest and strongest regulations and requirements that the ...

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Although protestors around the world, particularly in Syria and Egypt, vowed to temporarily forego their demonstrations in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Syrian government carried out brutal attacks on its people the entire month. The United Nations recently reported the death toll to be at 2,200 people. Like the rest of the world, Turkey was appalled and outraged at the utter violence taking place in Syria. However, Turkey took a special interest because of their recent investments in Syria and stepped in to resolve the current conflicts between the Syrian government and its p...

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... Ethnic Cleansing Rwanda 1994 In April of 1994, another horrifying chapter in human history was written. The hundred days of slaughter, which has an estimated death toll of around half to a million people is known as one of the largest, most bloodcurdling acts of human indecency. Before imperial powers exercised their influence on Rwanda, the Tutsi and Hutus lived in relative peace and harmony. The boundaries between the two groups were permeable and ... forced them to intervene. Many believe that the United States were extremely hesitant to enter Rwanda because of the events that transp...

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... meant that Germans became part of the countries that the land was given to. The French had taken control of one of the richest parts of Germany, Saar. Saar was full of French soldiers and no Germans allowed in. Saar was home to the richest coal mine in the country .German soldiers where also banned form the Rhineland another rich industrial part of Germany. Germany's fishing waters were also restricted. All of the land Germany had taken over ... the years had to be given back. Germany were not allowed to join the league of nation ... ...

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... interests. Finally, the U.S. could select a policy of engagement with the world, in which America offers leadership to help resolve some of the world's conflicts through multinational efforts, and acts alone only in exceptional circumstances. While no single course will always define the American role, the United States can clearly benefit from engagement in the world. By lending its weight to a strengthened role for the United Naitons, the U.S. could also increase the ability of the U.N. to establish ... a normative, international restrant on the unilateral use of miltiary force. An au...

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... you perceive the role of America in the World? Are we our brothers" keeper? Should we ignore "hot spots"? What role should terrorism play in how we react? Is there a viable alternative to direct involvement, and, if so, what? Currently, the United States has stationed military forces in about 130 countries, fighting in some of them, peacekeeping in others and training foreign militaries in others. There are 155 combat battalions in the U.S. Army ... . Before October 2001, only 17 of these were deployed on active combat service, presumably in Kosovo and a few other hot spots. Today that f...

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... , protestors took to the streets, inspired by the recent government overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. With barely any progress for either the protestors or the government, demonstrators vowed to temporarily forego their demonstrations in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Syrian government quickly took advantage of the demonstrators' silence by ordering a military assault on the city 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 ...

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... , protestors took to the streets, inspired by the recent government overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. With barely any progress for either the protestors or the government, demonstrators vowed to temporarily forego their demonstrations in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Syrian government quickly took advantage of the demonstrators' silence by ordering a military assault on the city 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 ...

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... to stand alone, and most importantly, the compassion to listen to the needs of others. The Dalai Lama may not have set out to be a leader, but because of the quality of his actions and the integrity of his intent, he has become one of the greatest leaders in history. Dalai Lama means "Ocean of Wisdom" in Tibetan. Becoming a spiritual and political leader at the young age of 15, the Dalai Lama had to assume many responsibilities and ... between people of different cultures, faiths, and ethnicities. In meetings with other spiritual and political leaders of the world, he has focused on glo...

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... even their basic human rights are respected. They don't even have a chance to defend themselves in a fair hearing. What makes it worse it the fact that the children are detained for an indefinite period of time, some children may have spent most of their lives in detention. The conditions in these centers are horrible. The children witness things that even a mature mind would have problems dealing with on a daily ... own. Would you let a small child watch an R rated horror movie? Well some of these kids are practically living in one. All these asylum seekers are after is a freedom that m...

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Angola is situated in the West coast of Southern Africa with an area of 1,246,699 square kilometers. The population of Angola is around 8.5 million and the religions in the country include Roman Catholic, 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...

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... the secretary of state, comparing a house of cards to the Iran Nuclear deal. In the white house, the secretary of state is the one that carries out the president's foreign policy through the State Department and the Foreign Service of the United States. So, when the Iran Nuclear deal was being negotiated, Senator Kerry was one of the first people to review it. In short, Iranian citizens raised alarm over the country's nuclear program by revealing the existence of ... two facilities that had not been declared to the ... program. P5+1 made a deal with them stating that they would only be ...

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... or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them. Human trafficking has become a point of importance in recent years because anti-trafficking proposals have flourished. The sole purpose of human trafficking in most states is of sexual aspects internally and internationally (HumanTrafficking.org). In the sex industries, trafficking is mostly related to the rising demand and supply in women in South Asian and the United States. In the 1990's, studies by researchers of the feminist group have talked ... about how strongly migration is related to the rising occurrences of trafficking in w...

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... leave and try to find refuge in other countries. One of the countries that Syrian refugees have flooded into is Lebanon. The refugees are in need of medical care, jobs, housing and many other resources that require the help of many agencies and organizations. Urgent response is needed and all of the organizations need to be able to work together with the host country's government so that ... to work to support themselves and their families. Access to healthcare is also affected by the lack of money. Refugees are coming into Lebanon with injuries sustained from the war, but many of them ...

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... nature". There are legal and scholarly debates on whether universal human rights are attainable in such a culturally diverse world. I argue that with increased dialogue and understanding between states that a minimal level of ethical standards can be reached for the greater good of society. One of the arguments made against the concept of human rights is that it comes from a politically liberal outlook. This outlook is generally accepted ... in western democracies and in some other countries but is not necessarily standard elsewhere in the world. Even human rights agreements among the U...

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... individuals to go out and select a health insurance company, which they will pay a monthly fee to, and then in the case of a medical need, that insurance would cover almost the entire bill. This system has worked for years in building a commercially strong insurance branch of business and it has stimulated the economy to an extent. It has been argued that by keeping health care private ... been as successful. While these are all good arguments, I side with the United Nations on this issue, and believe that health care is a human right. Almost every other country that is part of the Unite...

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