Arctic Council

Purpose. To recommend the UN Secretary-General promote and create stronger engagement with BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) on ensuring a sustainable future for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine. Background. Since its inception in 2001 and international acceptance in 2005, R2P has increasingly been derided by many as a Western-centric, Occidentalist doctrine ill-suited to the realities of the developing world. Critics sensed colonialist undertones and worried about…

security council votes whether to enforce the ICC’s arrest warrants, and sentences. A case accusing the President of Sudan was taken to the United Nation’s security council, asking the security council to enforce the arrest warrant for the president of Sudan for committing actions of genocide. However the president of Sudan is still acting in his usual ways, because members of the security council votes against enforcing the arrest warrant. This happens because members of the security council…

Growing up, many of us have obtained some knowledge on greek-letter organizations somehow. Whether we have all seen movies about colleges that are fraternity and sorority based or through social media. They’ve given us a little insight on the college life and if you’re like me, these moves have gotten you inspired and excited for college. They’ve shown us the crazy parties, the popularity, the step battles, and the harsh hazing as well. Even though we see an abundance of what goes on in these…

organization was imperative to the international system. Two years later, the Charter of the United Nations was signed, and later formally established as a legal entity (Janis 218). These countries, including the hegemonic members of the Security Council, agreed that the guiding intent was to maintain international peace and collective security with human rights above…

There is the constant issue of of UN members that purposefully create weak UN institutions and regulations in order to further their vested interests. Michael Glennon remarks in his article, Why the Security Council Failed, upon this criticism arguing that geopolitics and the UN’s structure are purposely lax. Glennon argues that the UN members that enforce sanctions and regulations purposefully keep the UN weak, as the strict enforcement of regulations and sanctions…

Samuel L. Aronson puts it in simple words in the journal “Somali Refugees in Kenya: Security Deficiencies and Public Health Concerns as a Result of Ineffective Policy” by stating that the Kenyan government was required to accept refugees due to the fact that it is a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and Kenya also ratified the 1969 OAU Convention planning to refugees. (Aronson, 2011) it is clear to see how Kenya expatriating Somali refugees back to Somalia would be in some way or another…

UN demonstrated that precisely because states are not treated equal in terms of nuclear weapons or even power capabilities and granting few states the power of decision-making within the organization. As part of the UN, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has the task to maintain international peace and security by providing positive changes to different aspects of human life. It has the power to establish and assure that their decisions are…

In your own words, provide and answer to each of the following questions: 1. How do the dimensions of management culture of the 3 foreign nations differ from each other? Mexico and China Power Distance Index (PDI) and the Individualism (IDV) dimension differ from the UK. Additionally, China and the UK Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) and Long-Term Orientation (LTO) dimension differ from Mexico. Immediately below is correspondence that breaks down the differences between the three countries.…

The Influence of Immanuel Kant’s essay on perpetual peace is evidenced in various aspects of international relations today for example, the respect for state sovereignty and the right to self-determination. These have all been codified in modern international laws that govern sovereign states. Perpetual peace brought on by a coalition of republican states is one of Kant’s chief proposals which the EU has closely adopted. The organization closely matches Kant’s proposals, especially in his…

The UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) was established in October 1993 pursuant to Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 872. Its mandate was to monitor the Arusha Agreement cease-fire and to assist in establishing new governance, however, this mandate represents the ineffectiveness of peacekeeping in resolving conflict as it did not permit the forcible…