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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....

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...

Functions of the United Nations

This research paper offers an overview of the United Nations, its history and relevance, as well as its diminished capacity in the...

Ten Year Planning of United Nations Finances

In seven pages this paper discusses UN funding operational member nation shifts and their implications within the next decade. Si...

United Nations Security Council Threats

of challenges that constitute threats to international peace and security, and whether this new trend is a positive development fo...

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...

An Efficient Organization-the USPS

Despite claims to the opposite, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is an extremely efficient organization. It may be the most...

The Role and Impact of the UN

Written in two sections, the writer starts by explaining the purpose of the United Nations. The writer then examines some of the w...

Transnational Effects of Terrorism

groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience (Dammer and Fairchild 294). Terrorism can occur within t...

Documentary about Sergio Vieira de Mello

documentary effectively tells the story of his life and death, and his concern for others and good works. Sergio Vieira de Mello...

Military's Peacekeeping Role

Article 42 (Cox, 1999, p. 239). Peacekeeping operations take the form of one of two models" 1. Unarmed observer missions (Cox, 19...

Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention

breach (Carey, 2001). The frequent interventions by the United States in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo and even East Timor, S...

Overview of Rwanda

In the early 1990s Rwandan guerrilla forces mounted a series of attacks from their base in Uganda, with the result that in 1993...

Global Poverty Reduction

International releases an annual Corruption Perception Index, which does not seek to measure actual levels of corruption present i...

Mexico and Industry

suggests that the growth in factories and industry is not really proving positive for the society in Mexico. It is also per...

The Legitimacy of the War in Iraq

is hard to know exactly what occurred. Still, troops continue to try to effect peace in a nation ravaged by war. II. The War in ...

Slavery: From Ancient Times to the Modern Day

the following: In todays world, it seems that the people are turning a blind eye to what is really going on as it respects the top...

Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Its Opposition

the "loyal opposition" that he believed is needed in order for the two-party system to work best. He opposed FDR seemingly at eve...

Contemporary Relevance of the UN

on June 26, 1945 and went into effect on October 24 of 1945. The purpose of the UN is "To maintain international peace and securit...

UN's History and its Role

author explains that everyone has heard of the World Trade Organization (Fasulo 4). Many know it as the WTO. The latter organizati...

Bosnia, Rwanda, and the UN

task for which the old peacekeeping technique, designed to contain conflicts between states, was not suited" (Urquhart, 2004, p. 1...

3 Views on Freedom, Equality, and Tolerance

no longer solve the most pressing problems of the modern world." In other words, one has to reevaluate what is socially conscious ...

Revisiting the Bay of Pigs

have suffered centuries of political and economic oppression. Cuba presents perhaps the finest - or worst - example of the conseq...

Cross Culture and Differences; Japan and the UAE

may be assessed using a framework. Hofstede (2003) has developed a framework to examine culture. This is undertaken by loo...

Kuwait Invasion, Gaza and West Bank Occupation, and the Responses of the UN

In twenty two pages this paper discusses how the United Nations has responded to these Middle East conflicts in a consideration of...

Libya's Sociopolitical Problems and Solutions

In six pages this paper considers issues such as criminal justice, rights for women, unemployment, relations with the United Natio...

Cooling Off On Cuba

Since Fidel Castro took power, the United States has embargoed all trade and travel to Cuba. This research paper argues for normal...

U.N. and Canada

In six pages the United Nations is examined in terms of the role of Canada in the organization throughout the years and its signif...

Legal Refugee Status

people who were refugees and/or who were seeking asylum to leave an environment of persecution. On the other hand, refugees are ma...

Trade Relationships of Guatemala Past and Present

In five pages this paper examines trade in Guatemala past and present with a consideration of trading relationships with Latin Ame...