United Nations Charter

countries came together to set goals to end poverty and create a better life for every human being including having resources available to have stable health. These eight goals were set for 2015 to reconvene and see if they were met. In September, the United Nations came together and decided that although great progress had been made, more action needs to take place in order to truly end all suffering from the…

World War II ended, the United States became the leaders in drafting an “international bill of rights” (“Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”). This bill recognized that all people have certain inherent rights that cannot be taken away. This human rights document, the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, states “Life is a human right” ( “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights”). Because the United States are an important part of the United Nations, they are violating…

in North Korea is being ignored by the rest of the world. The things happening in North Korea have not been labeled officially as “genocide” by the United Nations, however studies from the United Nations have shown the terrible genocide-like acts that are being committed in North Korea. “A commission of Inquiry (COI) established by the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), chaired by…

However, leaving the great powers to take care of the situation in Takastand is not an ideal solution as many major powers have interests in Takastand such as China, India, Russia, and the United States. Thus, having “great powers only” solution would introduce a scenario similar to the Syrian civil war where different countries support different armed groups. The sovereignty of the state of Takastand must also be respected and any intervention…

Tariffs and Trade (GATT); an agreement on the reduction of trade barriers of manufactured goods. The GATT was established in 1947 to reduce trade barriers trying to establish a ‘free trade’ global economy. The GATT had proven successful after member nations had reduced their tariffs by a factor of ten; from approximately 50% to 5%. Since its beginnings, the GATT had evolved from an accord to an organization which far supersedes its initial priority, now even comprising a trade dispute resolution…

The United Nations was formed to create an atmosphere that would minimize war, promote human rights and promote social and economic progress. The organization has been effective when it was first established in October 24, 1945 and has helped countries in search of equality, peace and prosperity in the past. However, there are also lots of failures on the organization’s part as well, especially in the Rwanda war, Sri Lanka war, Sudan war, Congo, terrorist acts and many other violent activities…

Introduction The Republic of Congo is one of the poorest developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa which half the country’s people live below the poverty line and the DRC ranked 27th out of 79 countries on the Global Hunger Index(2012). 64.8% of the poorest people are living in rural areas where they earn a livelihood as are small-scale farmers and fishers. So Congo is one of most extremely influenced in the world by food in security. The targets for achievement the Millennium Development…

CSR is commonly known as “corporate social responsibility”. CSR is a form of corporate self-regulation crammed into a business model. CSR basically functions as a self-regulatory mechanism in which a business monitors and ensures its active compliance within certain regulations of code and laws. CSR is important in aiding a companies’ mission as well as a guide for to what the company stands for in face of consumers. All in all, CSR strives to provide a positive impact in all sectors of their…

challenges, the Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter- Agency Group (MMEIG) has been able to generate internationally comparable estimates. This group is made up of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Population Fund, the World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division (UNDP). Some key findings from their report for the 1990 – 2015 period are as follows: the maternal mortality rate (MMR) has decreased by 44% globally (from 385 in 1990…

Translated from Hausa language to “Western Education is forbidden”, the group refers to itself as “Jama‘atu Ahl as-Sunnah li-Da‘awati wal-Jihad” (JASDJ; Group of the Sunni People for the Calling and Jihad). Controversial origins and grievances, scholars argue that Boko Haram either emerges in the mid- 1990s either in the early 2000s by a small Sunni Islamic Sect. International concerns over Islamic groups operating in northern Nigeria are nothing new, in the mid-1920s under British rules the…