State Peace and Development Council

The UN Resolution 242 states “withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict” (Tal, “Arab-Israeli”). When this statement is translated into other official UN languages “the” precedes “territories”. Only the English translation lacks the term…

crime and instability. It’s many accomplishments, like its performance in the Human Development Index which ranks it 69th in the world, has Costa Rica becoming exemplar to other Central American countries on improving its nation in regards to crime and poverty. Before…

and ideals will continue. They argue the points on the future of international conflict among the nations and they question if there is a way of peace among nations in the future or if it is truly the “end of history.” The end of history is not a new idea, the idea originally began with Karl Marx, who believed that the direction of historical development was determined by the interplay of material forces, and would come to an end only with the achievement of a communist utopia that would…

Social Affairs; United Nations Development Programme (2007) identifies the violence in Mozambique as brutal, they reported that “the civil war in Mozambique during the 1980s…resulted in the death of nearly one million people, [which] brought extreme brutality against civilians, widespread sexual violence against women and the displace of at least six million…” (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs;…

"We believe that the idea of Peace still is, and still must be, dominant in human affairs, and that it becomes all the more urgent whenever and wherever it is contradicted by opposite ideas or deeds. It is a necessary idea, an imperative idea, an inspiring idea. It polarizes human aspirations, endeavours and hopes. Its nature is that of an aim, and as such it is at the base and at the goal of our activities, be they individual or collective." We must try for peace at all times. War is never a…

time, their conflict only recently escalated to violating international law. Following the tragedy of 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan, a new and improved organization, different than Al-Qaeda, becomes what the world now knows as ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). The brutal violence portrayed by ISIS is completely unique compared to other jihadist terrorists, publicly killing Muslims and non-Muslims and recruiting people across the world to join their caliphate. By taking advantage of…

Dangers of Nuclear Proliferation Throughout the twentieth century, countries have developed nuclear weapons technology, one of the most lethal technologies ever created. The first country to develop this technology was The United States, and it was used for the first time at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in World War II. The devastation caused by the two nuclear bombs was so catastrophic that it led to an immediate end of the six year war. Since then, the technology has proliferated to…

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) on mutually assured destruction (MAD) weapon as the result of international community to work on world peace and humanity justice, there is also a counter-argument on the necessary of MAD weapon such as nuclear weapon, which believes owning a nuclear weapon not only could protect one state itself, it also can promote peace, as no state could risk the possibility of destruction from the nuclear weapon. The justification of owning a nuclear weapon usually coined as…

garnered support on both sides of the aisle. Much of the current sentiment formed of the TPP comes from research of the development of the predecessor of this agreement: the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which is commonly known today as the World Trade Organization (WTO). The slow negotiations of the WTO in the Uruguay Round and Doha Round has led to a power struggle between superpowers such as China, Russia, and the U.S. over influence within developing bilateral and regional trade…

member states. Giving the world the birth of the European Union. Through the decades in the wake of WWII Europe has been in zero armed disputes. Their success with maintaining peace among each other was proving to work, yet, there is indubitably a lot more issues to resolve before a single, sovereign…