Advisory Opinion on The Wall - International Court of Justice - Article 51 of the United Nations Charter and the right of self-defense
Essay - 3 pages - International law
In its Advisory Opinion on The Wall, the International Court of Justice declared that Article 51 of the United Nations Charter "recognizes the existence of an inherent right of self-defense in the case of armed attack by one State against another State", thereby implying that the...
United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009
Case study - 15 pages - Educational studies
Over the intervening period, the world nations had prioritized efforts and initiated programs meant to attain a low-carbon environment in the future generations. Alike all conferences, the subject at the Copenhagen meeting sought to assume a cooperative approach in regenerating a future...
The United Nations and Libya
Case study - 9 pages - Political science
Violence used against Libya's citizens created a monumental concern for the United Nations organization—the country waged war on its own people. By “repress[ing] peaceful demonstrators and rejecting unequivocally the incitement to hostility against the civilian...
Sample resume: Comoros mission to the United Nations
Sample resume - 2 pages - Political science
The United Nations Third Committee is the committee dealing with Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs, as well as Human Rights issues. The main focus of these Human Rights Issues being the Advancement of Women, the Protection of Children and the treatment of Refugees addressing...
The uncertainties in the fight against terrorism and the United Nations (UN)
Dissertation - 26 pages - International relations
The United Nations has mobilized all the means necessary to make the fight against terrorism a major concern of all States. The media coverage of the September 11 attacks on U.S. soil with Security Council resolution- 1373 has raised awareness that terrorism can strike at any time....
Short essay: Security Council Reform In The United Nations and Changing World Politics (Westview Press, 2007), the author argues that "a significant shake-up in the way the UN does business is essential" if the UN is to keep pace with changing world
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
The UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, called in September 2003 for the reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC), in order to make it more effective and more representative, given the changed geopolitical realities. Diverse problems affect both the efficiency and the representative character of...
Non-Governmental Organizations and the United Nations System History, Problems and Prospects
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
NGOs have been active in the United Nations (U.N.) system since its inception in 1945. Although the U.N. was created as an intergovernmental organization, there was a need since the early days of the Organization to allow representatives of the civil society to participate, through...
Analysis of cases under the US constitution in relation to the laws laid by United Nations
Thesis - 8 pages - International law
Wanta B. Heard, the victim, filed a notification request form after indictment of the defendant for the crime of rape. The State and defendant worked out a plea agreement to plead guilty to second-degree assault with a one-year sentence. Heard requested to speak with the court regarding the plea....
A letter to the United Nations commission on human rights
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This is a letter asking you to consider the long-standing whaling conflict around the Makah tribe, in Northwest United States, as a human rights violation. The case has the potential to greatly impact the day-to-day lives of many Makah people, and to determine the continuation of a...
The United Nations since 1945 until today
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
Shortly after the Second World War, it appears necessary to the Allies to equip the world with an international organization able to regulate the conflicts peacefully occurring between the various States. This ambition proceeds of a long reflexion, born in 1941 with the Charter of the Atlantic....
Millennium development goals of the United Nations
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
In 2002, 191 United Nations member states signed the United Nations Millennium Declaration, unanimously agreeing to eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The momentum and inspiration behind this occasion was strong, heads of state were agreeing to a global dream...
The United Nations urban growth projection and its impact on urban development and regional disparities in India
Essay - 8 pages - Economy general
The United Nations Population Division (UNPD) has been publishing and revising its World Urbanization Prospects since 1991, the latest being the 2002 revision, and this has become a popular source of data and analysis of the past, current and future proportion urban in each country,...
Is the United Nations an effective organization?
Essay - 3 pages - Services marketing
The United Nations is not the first international organization to be established to help in settling conflicts peacefully and preventing future conflicts. In 1899, the Hague Convention for the Settlement of International Disputes was established. “The conference was convened...
The State of the Tibetan People as a minority experiencing complex social conflict and proposal to United Nations for applied second track intervention
Essay - 8 pages - Philosophy
This proposal outlines some of the conflicts associated with the Tibetan people as the repressed and overtaken minority within the People's Republic of China. Currently, social conflict is one of the most critical issues facing Tibetans today. This document attempts to direct all concerned...
Is the United Nations an effective organisation?
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
The United Nations is not the first international organisation to be established to help settle conflict peacefully and to prevent future conflicts from arising. In 1899, the Hague Convention for the Settlement of International Disputes was established. “The conference was...
Is the United Nations running the same risk as its predecessor the League of Nations of being made marginal or even irrelevant? Why or why not?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
'The League is dead, long live the United Nations!' This is with these words that Lord Robert Cecil, one of the architects of the League of Nations, commented on the dissolution of the organization, in the spring 1946, expressing the apparent readiness to write the...
Presidential Proclamation for National Native American Heritage Month - Barack Obama (2016) - Does preserving one's language and traditions help to build a unified nation?
Text commentary - 2 pages - World geography
Barack Obama recognizes the role of early Americans in shaping the nation's destiny, the president emphasizes the autonomy of young American Indians and Alaska Natives to determine their own future.
The Syrian Conflict: Effectiveness and Ethics of the Bombing by the United States, Britain, and France
Essay - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
An alliance led by the US, Britain, and France has been bombarding targets in Syria since 2015. Nevertheless, different events must be distinguished. On the first hand, some bombings took place in order to fight against Daesh. Iraq asked for the help of other countries in order to wipe out...
The United States and the World: Globalization in Historical Perspective
Course material - 8 pages - Modern history
The concept of globalization is not new: in his Communist Manifesto, in 1848, Karl Marx underlined that the bourgeoisie needed constantly expanding markets. Some distinctions are important. Globalization happens, or at least is discussed, in the context of several different fields, in which it...
The United States and the World: A New World Order?
Course material - 7 pages - Political science
We remember George Bush's optimism in 1990: he had announced "A New World Order", resting on the promotion of liberal democracy and free enterprise everywhere, resting on the UN (at last again effective due to the end of the Cold War) and on American benevolent hegemony. One could have the...
The United States and the World: The Sources and Tools of American Foreign Policy
Course material - 8 pages - Modern history
There is undoubtedly an American exceptionalism: the US considers itself since the 18th century to be different from Europe. It has seen itself from the beginning as a universal model: the “American way of life” (linking most strongly liberal democracy and free enterprise, two notions...
The United States: internationalism or isolationism?
Essay - 1 pages - International economy
Despite the growing international spirit within the United States, many bristled (and continue to do so) at the commitments implied by the United Nations. Was the United States correct in fully embracing internationalism following World War II or should it have...
The United States and the end of the Cold War (1989-1990)
Course material - 4 pages - Modern history
President George H. Bush was elected in November 1988. He had to steer the end of the Cold War, 1989-1990. His team was different from Reagan's, although he had been his vice-president: there were no neo-conservatives; the new Administration was more adept of Kissinger's prudent line....
Democracy in Action: The Essential Role of Citizens in the United States
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
In a nation built on the ideals of freedom and democracy, the role of active and informed citizens cannot be overstated. The United States has thrived on the principles of civic involvement and participation since its founding. To sustain and strengthen the democratic fabric of the...
Locations and forms of power - Who will win the fight against violence in the United States?
Essay - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The notion of locations and forms of power covers a wide range of different topics. Thus, we will mainly focus on forms of power, in other words, all the elements that can give more importance, more weight to one man rather than another. In the United States, we notice that the right to...
The 1960s in the United States of America
Course material - 3 pages - Modern history
The 1960s left an indelible mark on American society, a period of profound transformation that continues to influence contemporary debates. The decade was marked by major cultural, social and political upheavals that shaped the trajectory of the nation in many ways.
Migration in the United States from 1862 to the end of the 19th century
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
"We asked for workers. We got people instead". If this is the way Max Frisch has considered immigration in Europe in the early twentieth century, then rather as a burden than an opportunity, we need to observe that this comes as a completely different matter within the American vision, for which...
The different political parties in the United Kingdom
Presentation - 2 pages - Political life and election
The politic life in United Kingdom is based on the cleavage between the Labour and the conservative since the twenties, because of the political system that favors the big parties like them. The Conservative Party was founded in 1834 and is a right or center-right party. Since its...
Should the United States consider increasing their use of renewable energy or not?
Essay - 2 pages - Ecology & environment
The United States (U.S) use both renewable and non-renewable energy. According to Gielen, Saygin & Wagner (2015), in 2015, United States Energy consumption were:Coal-33%, Natural Gas-33%, Nuclear-20%, Hydropower-6%, Other renewables-7%, Biomass-1.6%, Geothermal-0.4%, Solar-0.6%,...
The United States Foreign Policies - The Relationship between the United States and China
Case study - 6 pages - Political science
The world has become a global economy. This has facilitated the need for countries to interact from a personal level. The desire to interact is facilitated by the fact that countries have the same desire to progress economically and socially hence the emergence of the need for countries to...
