Kofi Annan

The death of the hundreds of thousands of Rwandan civilians is as much of the international community’s fault as the leaders of the genocide. There is evidence indicating that the UN was forewarned of the mounting genocide in Rwanda. According to declassified French documents, France had been informed of the mounting genocide from at least January 1993, more than a year before the Rwandan Genocide. Despite knowing this, French president François Mitterrand supported the Hutu leaders, who was…

Diplomat Kofi Annan once said, “I urge you to celebrate the extraordinary courage and contributions of refugees past and present”. This famous quote, is true to its words. Throughout history, refugees of old and young have gone through tough times which led them to flee. That cause of them to flee, whether it was major or not is just another obstacle into greatness they pursued somewhere else. The book that has inspired the hearts of millions of readers about the Dust Bowl and the Great…

“We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs,” Kofi Annan, a 2001 Nobel Price Winner, said, “and that all the world 's people share the benefits of globalization.” Globalization is inevitable and it certainly cannot be stopped, but it can be controlled. In order for the U.S. to receive fair benefits and to finally get back on its feet again, Multinational Corporations should develop a change that will focus not only…

The United Nations is the association of almost every country in the world. It is thus an international association. In its preamble it states that its aim is to end the war, to proclaim its faith in human rights and in justice between countries, to develop social progress and work for tolerance. Moreover, the goal of the Security Council is “to maintain international peace and security” and also “to develop friendly relations between nations”. These principles promote the Liberal Peace theory.…

“We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race” by Kofi Annan fits perfectly into Brown Girl Dreaming. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson is a book about an African American girl, Jackie, who writes her life experiences like trying to find her identity, which takes place in the late 1960’s and 1970’s. She encounters countless problems and many of them are because of being an African American so, she writes short poems…

Poverty is everywhere and it is considered a major concern for the international developmental agencies. According to the United Nations reports in 2006, over half of the world 's population is poor. This large number of poverty in the world causes it to become a global concern for the entire world. That is when global politics plays an important role in dealing with varies global problems caused by poverty. The easy access to information connects everything and everyone. In return, this free…

education campaigns and, during the time of the publication of Wisdom, countries the United States donated money to were prevented from aiding their sex workers and injectors. Far from only criticizing the American government, Pisani also decries Kofi Annan and many other African leaders’ code of silence regarding the relationship between HIV and sexual practices throughout the continent. HIV is a sexually transmitted disease, and it is impossible to contain a sexually transmitted disease…

developing ones, the principle of sovereignty is losing its absoluteness. Thirdly, the challenges faced by the world today such as terrorism, as a result of the potency of the 21st century globalization process, cannot be faced by a state alone. Kofi Annan has categorically asserted that, “We must think afresh about how we manage our joint activities and our shared interests, since so many challenges that we confront today are beyond the reach of any state acting on its own” (84). Hence, in…

The contemporary debate surrounding the legitimacy or not of Humanitarian Intervention (HI) is, to a large extent, based on the controversial interpretation of state sovereignty (Wheeler 2001: 550). In a society arguably built upon the principles of non-intervention, but with an increasing global awareness of and attention to the principles of humanity and human rights, the future of HI is subject to when and how these conflicting principles are resolved (Wheeler 2001: 551). In our…

Therefore, the need to put off conflict from arising and solve those that are taking place. Humanitarian intervention. Humanitarian intervention has been defined as when a state or a group of states employs military force within another country’s territory to protect civilians against atrocities and/or the consequences of a humanitarian conflict. (Hrea.org p132). It is in every essence different from humanitarian aid which is provided by non-governmental organizations such as Red Cross.…