... the participants are taking "irresponsible and provocative" actions and urged them to use "established and efficient" measures to get aid to Gaza (Chick). The Foreign Press Association fought back in favor of the activists, saying journalists have a right to cover a legitimate news event and should not be threatened or intimidated for doing their jobs. The association said the threats send "a ... chilling message to the international media and raises serious questions about Israel's commitment to freedom of the press" (Weiss). The flotilla participants are largely unaffected by the warn...

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... the world can feed each and every human being with 3,600 calories per day and yet many are dying of poverty. Those who produce commodities such as the workers in developing countries cannot buy commodities in the market. Those who make tall buildings live in shanties. Many of those who are educated deceive and oppress people for individual gain. The market has become the god ... of the corporations. Just witness how 2.5 million tons of fruits and vegetables are demolished in Europe's common market just to keep the prices ... high while just below Europe are millions of people dying of ...

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... the world can feed each and every human being with 3,600 calories per day and yet many are dying of poverty. Those who produce commodities such as the workers in developing countries cannot buy commodities in the market. Those who make tall buildings live in shanties. Many of those who are educated deceive and oppress people for individual gain. The market has become the god ... of the corporations. Just witness how 2.5 million tons of fruits and vegetables are demolished in Europe's common market just to keep the prices ... high while just below Europe are millions of people dying of ...

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... 's Naval, Military had been restricted to a certain amount of people. Parts of Germany had to be given to 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 y...

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... that. UN countries may have not lived up to the original vision that layed out the groundwork of the UN, but the UN has defiantly helped the world today. In Korea if it wasn't for the United Nations the USA probably would of resorted to using weapons of mass destruction. Since nations are by their very nature, insecure, all nations benefit from an organization ... the UN voted against using military action in Korea and the USA was pushing the north Koreans back all by themselves. Soon after pushing the north back, china gets scared and allies with the north Koreans. The USA now finds th...

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... 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 own...

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... 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 own...

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... , and Islam. Muslims all around the world, especially the Arab Muslim population, address it 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 the readers" political views or religious beliefs, one will keep referring to this place as the Holy ...

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... United States and its huge market for raw materials, the League of Nations could not succeed. The League's sanctions did not work, as 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...

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... , but is some cases it is dragging on for years. What is more alarming is the fact that there are children in these detention centers, some are even unaccompanied by an adult to protect them. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) strongly discourages detaining children, but the government still continues with its mandatory detention program. When these children are ... 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, ...

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... 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 Greece to become a communist state ... 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 shift in U.S. foreign policy. Pr...

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... long ago established health care as a human right, but the United States government has sided differently. While there's evidence for either side, it seems inhuman not to include health care in a list of "human rights ". Our current government requires 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...

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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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Genocide and 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 ... . Many believe that the United States were extremely hesitant to enter Rwanda because of the events that transpired a few months earlier during the peacekeeping mi...

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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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... Leagues objectives: • to improve the living and working conditions of people in all parts of the world • to encourage nations to disarm • to discourage aggression from any nation • to encourage countries to co-operate, especially in business and trade During the 1920's the League of Nations was thought of as a relative success. However, upon thorough re-examination, it has been shown that ... the league may have had little to do with the sensation of the "roaring "20s". The league had set four objectives to be fulfilled ... (ILO) and the Health Committee (later the World Health...

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... such as United Nations Security Council can deploy peacekeeping troops to the war zone, and prevent both sides from getting in conflict with each other. Therefore, international organizations such as United Nations can reduce the chance of civil wars in developing nations. Taking economic issues into account, international organizations can send many aids to developing nations which are heavily ... Thus, international organization like World Bank can support developing nations by lending them money to reduce their debts. Socially speaking, developing nations suffer from lack of education ...

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... 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 ... Vitaly Churkin agreed, "It is not new" (ABC News). However, near the end of the day, Russia and China began to soften their hard stances against a resolution. ...

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... 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 ... Vitaly Churkin agreed, "It is not new" (ABC News). However, near the end of the day, Russia and China began to soften their hard stances against a resolution. ...

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... its current capability, the United Nations has achieved a great deal. But it is important to ask, what is the U.N. capable of accomplishing in the future? One choice is to strengthen the United Nations system, build on a renewal of its international standing, and provide it with an increased capability to prevent and respond to conflicts. The alternative is to do little ... to play themselves out unless they directly threaten U.S. vital 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 c...

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... how much money a member state contributes to the IMF through the quota system, does not fairly reflect the changing global economic landscape. The economic importance of countries whose economies have quickly expanded is not expressed fairly in their quota allocation and the minute quotas for smaller, less-developed countries prevents them from having any real say. The simplest, and most attainable, reform ... voting system, the poorer countries receiving financial aid or loans from the IMF ironically have minute voting power and virtually no input. Ultimately decisions in terms of IMF ai...

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... a living, and receive adequate health care, until now it was unimaginable that these pursuits would be forbidden based on the sex of an individual. Before 1996 most Afghan women had finished high school and 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 ... 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 ...

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... try to contain or halt conflicts long enough to allow opposing sides to enter negotiations towards an effort at lasting peace. In doing this the UN has taken over a number of roles, they have observed border violations, monitored cease-fire and truce lines, served as a buffer between opposing sides, and maintained order within a territory during transition periods. The United Nations is ... troops are needed they must be volunteered from a participating country. Yet if the countries don't whole-heartedly believe in the cause, then why would they risk their men for it? Even if the secur...

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... have to do effectively two jobs, be exhausted and still have to pay for childcare. "A woman's place is in the home"- this statement is baseless and out of date. The world cannot be run by arrogant and intrusive men who make up fifty percent of the world's population. How can half the people operate the world? This is clearly shown from the fact ... equality between the sexes is essential to human progress and the transformation of society. Inequality restricts not only the advancement of women but the progress of civilization itself. The persistent denial of equality to one-half of the ...

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... national debt- nearly $18 billion for the technology." But India refused to sell Qaddafi its technology. Some of the countries that are suspected of having biological warfare programs are unfriendly toward the U.S. Some of these countries are located in the Middle East and some are signatories to the Biological Weapons Convention. This 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, prohibited its signatories from possessing ... viruses. These weapons are ready to be used at any time. With recent conflicts between Iraq and the U.S. & Britain, and also India and Pakistan, the threat of unle...

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