... has nothing constructive. There is nothing humanitarian or anything that has to do with Palestinian welfare in the organizing of this flotilla," said Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor. He added that the flotilla participants are "extremists" (Chick). The U.S. Department of State spokeswoman Victoria Nuland agreed that the participants are taking "irresponsible and provocative" actions and urged them to use "established and efficient" measures ... to their consituents, rather than heading off for this ill-advised Mediterranean cruise," said Dublin Labour councilor Ric...

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... 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 one trillion dollars in armaments while 800 people million live in extremely bad poverty, 770 million people do not have food for an active working life, 100 million people ... investments. • Two thirds of world trade are controlled by multinational corporations. • The top five multinational corporations control 70 percent of the global market for consumer durables. • The top fi...

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... : 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 one trillion dollars in armaments while 800 million people live in extremely bad poverty, 770 million people do not have food for an active working life, 100 million people ... of foreign direct investments. - Two thirds of world trade are controlled by multinational corporations. - The top five multinational corporations control 70 percent of the global market for consumer durables. - The top fi...

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... avid reader of political cartoons on a daily basis I enjoy the humor and cynicism found within these forms of speech. Not only can they poke fun at politicians for their behavior, but, they often raise a strong sense of values and morals in the person that reads them. Whether a person agrees or disagrees with the way a certain topic is portrayed in the cartoon it accomplishes the artists goal of making ... are often thought of with reverence. Take for example Charles Schultz, on the day following his death most cartoons as well as political cartoons payed homage to a person who is consi...

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... to her family's poverty. She comes from a small mining town, and after her father became unable to work the rest of her family began working in order to escape poverty (Robbins 2013). Senna is among many girls in her town who are uneducated, resulting in a large portion of the girls in this society turning to prostitution to generate necessary funds. Malala is a strong believer that ... the education of women should not be based on their monetary situation (Malala:Symbolizing the right of girls to education 2013). Among poor families the chances of children getting educated are substanti...

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... virgins usually command a far higher price. Clients can pay as much as $800 to $4000, according to the Trafficking in Persons Report. And virgins can bring in that price more than once, as the traffickers often stitch up the girls (without an anesthetic) after the first time they have sex, so they'll scream in pain the next time, tricking clients. After Sreypov's initiation into sex slavery, she spent ... station, where she got lucky again. Instead of bringing her back to the brothel, like many of the other corrupt police of the nation, the officers called Somaly Mam. (Pesta, 4) When Sr...

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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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... many had degrees or were enrolled in colleges. When the Taliban took over they abolished all schools for women and prohibited women from going to school with the exception of religious school for girls under eight. Women are now forced to risk their lives running underground schools. This is the only way for women to remain literate In 1996 before the Taliban took over, 70% of teachers ... in Kabul were women. Women also made up half of the civil servants corps, and 40% of the cities physicians, and many even ... held public office. After the Taliban took over ... ...

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... surrounding countries. This 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 which is like the United...

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... been around for years and have helped hundreds of children. One of the most widely known organizations, UNICEF, was created in 1953 to help post-war child victims in developing countries. Their focus is to encourage countries to educate girls in addition to boys, and they also attempt to create dignity and security in childrens' lives (www.unicef.org, 2002, December 12). From UNICEF ... other organizations, such as those mentioned in the introduction, have been founded and attempt ... to bring supplies that will better a child's life and also bring in tools necessary to educate the chil...

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... in Pakistan. The government is only concerned with the number of schools, and not the quality of the schools. Most of the country is in poverty, and the military uses a lot of the money. Many children were not educated because they are needed by their family to work. There were sexist views on education, but in 1983 boys received the right to free and universal education and the girls received the same thing in 1987. In the ... past 20-30 years attendance rates have decreased and dropout rates have decreased. There were few adequate resources such as books, tools, etc. Currently the lit...

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... help with the situation and the seeker usually ends up exploited without consent (HumanTrafficking.org). One must remember that criminals exist in every country in the world that does these crimes of human trafficking. Criminals target not only the women and young girls but also men and young boys. Because trafficking is a crime against humanity, the (UNTOC) which is the United Nations ... Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, assists states in their attempts to implement Protocol to prevent, ... suppress and punish trafficking in persons. Usually these things happen becaus...

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... food, or protection. Lebanon is now hosting more than one million Syrian refugees, which is more than any other country in the Middle East; in some communities, the Syrians have started to outnumber the Lebanese (Davies 2014). Refugee Conditions and Problems The Syrian refugees entering Lebanon arrive with many problems. Many do not have adequate shelter, employment, food, and water. Many ... providing food to the refugees. To help the Syrian refugees in Lebanon, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has several projects that offer assistance. They have been helping refugees with mat...

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... if people are aware of this huge issue or not, it is happening everywhere and is worse than ever. Human trafficking has been going on since the beginning of time, all throughout the globe. Two of the major sex trafficking places in the United States are San Bernardino, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. San Bernardino District Attorney, Michael Ramos stated " We consider it a crime ... by this issue. It is stated that "In South Africa, host of this year's World Cup, thousands of women and girls are held as modern-day slaves" (Skinner). Even though it is a huge problem in South Africa, th...

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... is done. This is why FGM affects many women around the globe. Female Genital Mutilation happens everywhere in the world, but it mainly happens in Africa. In the article from Cracking down FGM it states, Though FM cases happen also in Asia and the Middle East, the vast majority of cases occur in 28 African countries affecting girls aged between 4 and 15. A good 98% of Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan. (Mercy 2). Even ... though FGM is happening all over, it mainly happens in the continent of Africa. In the article, FGM it states, The ... ...

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... as Palestine, while most Jews refer to it as Israel. Not until 1994, did the Pope of the Christian Catholic faith in Rome, recognize Israel as a legitimate state as outlined by the United Nations resolution that proclaimed Jews have the right to establish a state in some parts of the Holy Land. To maintain neutrality and fairness towards the three Holy Religions, and also not to offend any of ... Land, have fought each other for exclusive complete control of the Holy Land. "Out of those forty centuries of war, our century has seen some of the most savage fighting in the..." Holy Land.1 ...

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... areas of economic and social endeavor. UNICEF works to advocate for the world's children increase awareness among the U.S. public of children's needs and raise funds in support of UNICEF's work. Since its creation, it has provided more than $1.3 billion in cash and gifts-in-kind to support UNICEF's worldwide programs, with special emphasis on immunization, girls' education, HIV/AIDS, nutrition and emergency relief. Staff and supporters ... are involved in a wide variety of efforts - from the Campaign to Save Mothers and Babies from Tetanus and the sale of UNICEF greeting cards and gifts...

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... a country could just go to the United States if it needed something. The idea that the failure of the U.S. to enter the League was a terrible mistake that played a significant role in bringing about the Second World War became widely accepted in the U.S. Thus, the U.S. government strove for the creation of the League's successor, the United Nations. By October 1943, the governments of China, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and the U.S. declared their firm intention to create ... an international peace-keeping organization after the war, the United Nations. The U.S. Senate approved the ...

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... , [property] ownership, and political power" provides only a few, however important testaments to such inferiority of females. According to the survey provided in class, the education of girls in Third World schools such as in the Dominican Republic in 1995 was 19%, while in the developing country of the United States, the percentage was 76. This just goes to show that withdrawing the chance for women to be educated leads to their perpetual struggle ... in health, job opportunity, and government input/interest. The collective world should understand by now that stripping the subordinatio...

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... can not prosper without reciveing adaquate supply of raw materials and semi-finished products. For their fininshed goods, they have to market all over the world and main consumers are developing countries. In this regards of mutual benefits, industrialized countries should support financing, fomulating free trade areas, and deduction of custom tarffs so that developing countries can ... supply raw materials and semi finished products economically. In return, industrialized countries can also enjoy sales of their finished products to developing countries. Secondly, the main important thin...

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... States has encountered many situations with Saddam Hussein, but until now, solving this dilemma has not been a top priority on the United States" 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, but both have failed. They remain possibilities but the repression c...

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... Nations for a decade now. Each individual has a different viewpoint on whether or not the United states of America should be at war, and how they should go about it. People are worried about the civilians involved in the matter, but the United State's economy will react afterwards, and if the United States is just doing this because he wants to finish what his father started. However ... Suddam has a long history of lying and ignoring the United Nations, all the way back into 1991 when he refused to disassemble his weapons ... . They will rise up against any military that is sent in to ...

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... • This case concerns the defendant placing an advertisement in a Melbourne about investing in a business in the Philippines. One witness had replied to the business advertisement, but sooner realise it was to visit young children and women overseas. The defendant had produced a photo album of many children and women in mid-undressing. He was attempting to organize for people from Australia to meet with the girls and he had described ... how he had had sex with a 15 year old girl. • After being reported to the police the case was dismissed due to lack of evidence ... . Bruce Steele C...

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... occurred on September 2014. Due to the threat of a nuclear North Korea, the issue of the United States deploying nuclear weapons has been debated. Although both nations deny the possibility, 66% of South Koreans are in support of developing nuclear weapons to counteract North Korea. South Korea also hosted the Nuclear Security Summit, in March 2012, where the Seoul Communiqué was adopted unanimously. ... South Korea would look for a resolution that encourages disarmament, but allows for nuclear weapon development in cases where other countries are not willing to comply, as in the case o...

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... international peace, free from coercion. Greece and Turkey were weakened countries surrounding Russia that were susceptible to the spread of communism. Britain continued to provide financial support until they were no longer able on March 31, 1947 and this support was in order for Greece to become a "self-supporting and self-respecting democracy." President Truman did not want ... hadn't gotten along so to prevent additional conflict equal aid was to be provided to each country by the United States. Offering this assistance and going providing aid directly against Russia was cause for a...

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