... 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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... 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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... 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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... , [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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... bomb, which would eventually become the atomic bomb. The research, studying and testing of this atomic bomb received the code name the Manhattan project. President Truman was the one who made the decision to use the atomic bomb, and one of the most admirable things about president Truman was that despite the scrutiny of the use of the atomic bomb, he stood his ground in the decision he made, he didn't ... Soldiers dying every day and it is unimaginable how many civilian causalities would have been involved also, resulting in one the biggest blood bath in American history. Thankfully, op...

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... , there is a high probability to create an intelligent robot; an intelligent machine which can deceive and defeat one human in the fair race; in that way, which the human think it was a man not a machine. (Bostrom 12) In today's world, technology progress is extraordinarily more than the past. Google, Microsoft, IBM, Silicon Valley, NASA and X-Space companies are several examples of Artificial Intelligent world. Those ... of Ultra-Intelligent machines is sort of those claims which is not provable at least now. So, the opposing view is understandable to a large extent. The reasons which t...

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... of value to organization, why valuing and managing its employee could contribute to company success by analyzing the HR models. In classic HRM model that emerged and developed in the USA in the early 1980s, The Harvard Model recognized employees as company's resources. Employees are important stakeholders in the organization. They have their own needs and concerns along with other groups such as company shareholders ... oriented to a particular group of employers, it is important to discover how to make job more motivating and enhance employee commitment. Especially in the service indus...

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... , there are many associated agencies, including the World Heath Organization, the World Bank, and the Food and Agricultural Organization. For the most part, the United Nations is very democratic; however in, for example, the Security Council, the five permanent members could overrule the majority with a simple veto. This organization is structured like governments in many countries and makes decisions affecting most of the world, therefore, the United Nations is an international actor ... under their control, rather than that of the United States. The General Assembly, however, may not s...

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... , such as possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Iraqi possession of WMD poses a serious world threat. Sadam has resorted to using WMD in the past without hesitation. What would stop him from doing the same in the future? According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies director John Chipman, "War, sanctions and inspections have reversed and retarded, but not eliminated Iraq's nuclear, biological and ... whether they wanted "name-brand" or "Iraqi" versions, rather than generic" (Pollack, 86). Also, Iraq has been able to generate large amounts of money that are not...

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... economic class, and other attributes. This amendment is intended for the government to treat people similarly in comparable circumstances (Peter Martin). This clause has not been applied in the second Gulf War. Soldiers fighting the war in Iraq are overwhelmingly poor white, black, and Mexican-Americans. Their choice to volunteer in the military service results from a system that denied them their practical ... They were able to weaponize both these agents. These weapons were developed in the Al-Hakum factory, which was blown up in the first Gulf War. Like the chemical agents, the Anthrax...

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... to peaceful Democracy was interrupted by a Coup in the 1950's, following the occupation of the Allies during World War II. The Prime Minister was deposed by the Shah, and with backing from the CIA and British Intelligence forces, a new Prime Minister was installed with close Western ties. In the face of the aggressive West-oriented autocracy of the Shah's ministry, the people of Iran turned to conservative Religion, ... relations with Islamic Fundamentalist groups such as Hezbollah indicating the direction in which the newly founded Islamic Republic would head. In just years, Iran had c...

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... to discourage similar atrocities from occurring in future. The legal response to the Rwandan genocide during the event was highly ineffective in assisting the situation, as seen through the actions of the UN and individual nation states. The actions of the UN proved to be significantly ineffective as the Rwandan genocide remains to be seen as on of the biggest failures on the behalf of the organization. The United Nations Security Council demonstrated extreme incompetence ... that both legal and non-legal responses assisted in the situation of the Rwandan genocide, but were ultimately i...

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... aid that is targeted, responsible, and accounted for. In order to fully understand the role of foreign aid we must understand the scale of the aid. Although, the international community contributes to foreign aid, the United States is by far the largest contributor. This is evidenced by the existence of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), "the lead U.S. Government agency that works to end extreme ... no results. International financial organizations and institutions such as the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) also play a role i...

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... lost its representativeness. The Council implemented only one reform in 1963 by adding four non-permanent members. The world has changed greatly during the past five decades, reflected not only in the ever-growing UN membership but also in the power transition from west to east (Bosco, 2009; Zifcak, 2009). This mismatch partly erodes the legitimacy of the Council. On the other hand, the Council faces difficulties in tackling the new security threats brought ... permission from five permanent members (P5) and consensus of new membership seem unattainable (Patrick, 2014). Other proposals ...

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... Guthrie (2006, pg. 9) states that China has progressively developed institutions of democracy, as globalisation takes over the world. The Chinese leadership established a new international order, to develop international synchronisation. With that objective, the Hu-Wen Administration proposed the 'harmonious world' concept in the 2005 UN Summit, which covered issues of multilateralism and common security, cooperation based on mutual benefit, and ... Coca-Cola, Kodak and General Motors, to name a few (Guthrie, 2006 p. 64). As mentioned, China's emergence in the global economy also c...

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... War II world would base its values. This document was what led to the creation of the United Nations and in turn the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1944 The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, also referred to as "The Big Three," met to discuss the creation of an organization that would promote and maintain peace universally so as to ... wanton destruction of cities, towns, or village, or devastation not justified by military necessity" (Nuremberg Principles). The Nuremberg Tribunals paved the way for other Tribunals and was a key factor in the creation of the...

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... Habyarimana's regime (Gaffney, 1994). Both sides had been going through civil war since the Rwandan Patriotic Front invaded areas of Northern Rwanda. Rwandan Patriotic Front and the Hutu led government signed the Arusha Accords in 1993 to end the Conflict between both sides. The Genocide of the Tutsis started taking place after President Habyarimana plane got shot down. There were preliminary ... warning signs made to the UN during the civil war that went ignored. In 1993, the CIA warned the United States of imminent massacres that ... 1999). Despite being one of the biggest super powers...

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... collective action is that it tends to fail the larger the group is, and individuals in the group have incentive to "free-ride" to achieve their personal goals. The idea of the tragedy of the commons, game theory, and the problem of collective action combined can be useful in understanding politics as a whole. The tragedy of the commons was first published in 1968, and since then it has been ... economic, and political situations. Garrett Hardin originally put forth a metaphor to explain this idea. A pasture land represented a common resource, open for anyone to use, and not owned by anyo...

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... with a vast number of inter-governmental bodies. However, the restrictions in the dealing with international issues that follow from the characteristics of the sovereign state has caused frustration and states have been said to be inefficient in the creation and development of international law and policy. In contrast to the states, the NGOs does not limit themselves to state boarders. Furthermore each ... variety and objectivity not being sufficiently upheld. Interacting with governments and inter-governmental organizations As already mentioned, the special characteristics of the NGOs,...

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... as well as many theological opinions. At the highest and most broad level are the general ethical perspectives. Adding in the biblical perspective the issue becomes more intricate and it becomes more concrete in the context of clarity. Though the Christian doctrine is subject to the interpretation of man, the ideology is more consistent across the board than is the general moral perspective of the world. So, what is biblical perspective on ... war? First of all, what about the fifth commandment? If ... look at and accept. After all is God not a loving God? Yes, I believe God does love ...

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... court again. After World War Two, with the establishment of the United Nations, there was talk of establishing a new international court in the image of the PCIJ, in the new frame work of the UN. There were many conferences on the subject, from which the ICJ was born. The court was officially established in 1946, and consisted mostly of former PCIJ Judges. The function of the court is to pass judgement on disputes between ... make investigations and reports when necessary. The court diliberates in private, the judgements are read in an open court. The court s judgments are decided by ma...

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... such as Bill Gates or Donald Trump. If that were true it would be much more than $22,000. But no, even though most of the US income is in fortune 500, a median is what it appears, the middle. It divides incomes into classifications where one is labeled as per income. So one such as Bill Gates only accounts as one person, one ... backs and closing our already ignorant and blind eyes and fattening our already overflowed wallets For these developing countries, hunger is still a major problem. Despite the advances in agricultural technology and years of international aid programs, one in fo...

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... is to explain the relevance of sovereign states in the contemporary world. The Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice clearly illustrate the territorial supremacy of the sovereign state and non-intervention in Article 2 (1), whereby "the Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its members", and in Article 2 (7) whereby the United Nations shall not "intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of ... humanitarian grounds, such as Tanzania's intervention into Uganda in 1979, Vietnam's i...

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... for adults, giving unemployment benefits, providing for their basic needs such as food and shelter and making education more accessible for children will play a major role in solving the problem. Governments and international organisations such as the UN along with Non-Government Oraganisations (NGOs) need to take up this responsibility. Governments must develop and implement laws prohibiting and regulating child labour and international ... car stopped, a little girl selling beautiful flowers caught my eye. As she passed by my car, I rolled down my window and upon asking for the flower...

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