... the public can understand them is without a doubt very rewarding, since it gives the public a better opportunity to show interest and take part in environmental policies. However, because of the fundamental difference in the nature of NGOs compared to states, there is no guarantee that the ... background of the NGOs, whether the NGOs can be said to be true representatives of the public opinion or just an instrument of the wealthiest part of the international public community. On balance, the conclusion must be, that the NGOs indeed serve a useful purpose of educating and informing ... ...

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... . The council replaces a president monthly according to alphabetical order of the council members. The permanent five members hold special importance in the council, in part because of their permanency and their status as powerful nations and also in part because each has the right of veto. That means that when a permanent member votes no on a resolution, the decision is irrevocable, even if ... of resolutions condemning Iraq's actions. Bearing in mind the invasion of Kuwait and Iraq's failure to comply with the previous resolutions, the Council moved forward to implement international s...

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In Zehra Arat's chapter entitled Women Under Layers of Oppression: The (Un) Changing Political Economy of Gender, she writes that, "the common denominator of women in all societies, including the industrialized ones, is their ... allowing all people to be educated about what they will and will not stand for. Addressing the issue that women have perpetually held a significantly lower status than men constitutes only part of the argument according to Arat. The question of what exactly caused this slant is an important one, since having the answer may, in the long run, lead to a deterioration ....

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