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Is the UN Effective?

again determined that something had to be done to prevent further conflicts, and thus the United Nations was born. It began in 194...

Hollywood and the Law

get away with it because at the time, the studios also owned the theater chains where the films were shown. The court held that t...

Settling International Disputes Peacefully

the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations. If there is an international law, especially where it is based upon...

Pre-Emption Cannot Be Justified Under International Law

a case for pre-emption. Lets examine the three claims that could be used: self-defense; aggression and intervention. Self-defense...

McCarthyism and Anticommunism

the grip of what can only be called a "Red Scare." People saw Communists behind every tree and were terrified that they were going...

Newspapers Their History and Their Future

Newspapers have played an incredibly important role in world history. For the last five hundred years of so, in fact, newspapers ...

Karl Marx, A Life and A Philosophy

history. This paper describes his life, how he formed his beliefs, and what his contemporaries thought of him. It also discusses h...

UN State of the Future Report

of years. Much of this tendency towards peace has been attributed to globalization, and the spread of globalization ideologies t...

United Nations' 1945 Charter

In twelve pages this paper discusses the 1945 UN Charter within the context of subsequent international incidents such as those in...

Disaster Relief and the United Nation's Style of Leadership

efforts of the international community" (Helton 192). The following examination of UN leadership looks specifically at its efforts...

The International Sale of Goods and an Application of The United Nations Convention On Contracts

anyway, unless there is a specific opt out clause. This needs to be very specific and name the convention rather than only state i...

U.S. and Violations of Human Rights

did this occur? The men were arrested for misdemeanors, one of which was a charge for drinking in public (Weill-Greenberg, 2005). ...

Collective Security and the United Nations

to another body where it was sought to confer powers on the General Assembly (Sarooshi, 1999). In the case of Southern Rhodesia th...

United Nations and Ghana

inability of the Ghanaian government to prompt farmers to respond to the opportunities is the result of a variety of factors (2003...

Ethics and Business

new. The result was the death of the brand, all ferries were gradually changed to P&O ferries, the name of the parent company, but...

Mainland China's Policy on Taiwan

. The islands are located in the west pacific located between the Philippines and Okinawa (CIA, 2004). There is a main island, tha...

United Nations and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

President Bush had in fact stated the obvious and appointed John F. Bolton, a critic of the institution, as the new UN ambassador...

World Events, Bias, and Religious Prejudice

In seven pages this paper discusses such global events as sect to established religion transition, Medieval Christianity and Europ...

United Nations Treaties and Laws Governing the Seas

In 5 pages this paper discusses how UN treaties interpret laws of the seas. There are 4 sources cited in the bibliography....

Embargoes and the Relations Between the United States and Haiti

In five pages this paper discusses embargoes and their impact with the emphasis being on the UN and United States sanctions on Hai...

Growth of the United Nations

Poverty eradication As the century ended , on October 17, 1999, United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan not only declared a...

Conflict Between the Palestine and Israel

In nine pages this paper focuses on the conflict between these groups from the UN partition of Israel until the intiffada of 1987....

Global Organizations and Their Power

In five pages this paper discusses global organizations such as the UN and NATO in a consideration of internal balance of power. ...

Genocide in Rwanda and Lack of Intervention by the United Nations

In twelve pages this paper discusses the Rwandan genocide of 1994 in terms of the lack of intervention by the UN with the organiza...

Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism's Damage

censured by Congress, McCarthy was the instigator of the investigations of so-called Communists within the government of the Unite...

Human Development Index and the Human Development Program of the United Nations

included many notables who would go on to be awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science (Mendez, 2002). Harry S. Truma...

United Nations and the Importance of America's Continuing Presence

far removed from the days when a country could independently govern within its own boundaries in oblivion to what was occurring on...

Twenty First Century Demands and Meeting Them

slaver and other American citizens acted so savagely at the time. The thinking is that if the United States tried to make amends ...

National Missile Defense Shield and Nuclear Disarmament

"bad guys" also known as "rogue nations." That is part of the conundrum faced by the United Nations and the efforts of those activ...

Understanding the Relationship Among Nations Through the Use of Game Theory

$50 billion due to the events of September 11, they are reluctant to willingly allow insurance coverage due to the inability to ca...