United Nations Charter

the United Nations’ role and its lost opportunities in the Cold War era remain largely undervalued, overlooked and misinterpreted. This paper attempts to sort out this missing puzzle and its current foreign policy implications. After the failure of the League of Nations, the foundation of the United Nations as a result of the conclusion of the WWII was the second brave political endeavour to unite nation states into a collective security system with the initial dream of a community of nations…

revealed that many were lost through barbaric regimes of systematic killings and genocide. In response, the world’s budding powers convened to ensure that the horrors of the Second World War would never be repeated, resulting in the formation of the United Nations. The UN worked to create a standard on human rights, and also sought to deal with the territories that were annexed from enemy states at the end of the Second World War. The end of World War Two also saw the collapse of colonialism and…

like the Darfur Liberation Front (DLF) which later became Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement to fight against the government of Sudan which allied with Janjaweed militia by using armed force. Under the estimation of United Nations, more than 200,000 people died and at least 2 million people were displaced from their homes in Darfur since fighting broke out in 2003. In February 2003, DLF attacked police stations and army bases in the area of Jebel Marra in Darfur.…

used to win the Cold war. This strategy had many meanings and evolved till the end of the Cold War. Containment was a security strategy during the Cold War that the United States employed towards the Soviet Union in order to limit or prevent its expansionist tendencies in the global sphere. It was US policy to support other nations in order to secure democracy and strengthen the open market systems of economy around the world. During the Cold War period the American interests were to offset…

Although the Macedonia government have legitimate reasons to identify and deter illegal entry, capricious detainment of migrants is prohibited by international law per the Charter of the United…

Throughout the United States overcrowding in correctional facilities has posed a universal violation of Human Rights in offender’s health and security. The United States Criminal Justice System and Human Rights Violations are recognized within the United Nations Charter- UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime violate article 1 & 5 and article 7 & 10 (1) of the ICCPR and of the 8th amendment Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, degrading Treatment or Punishment…

the nature of international relations was largely defined through the continued practice of attempting to achieve a nation’s own interests, no matter the cost directed towards other states. However, after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States emerged as the victor of the Cold War and as the new unchallenged global hegemonic power, with no other state able to match its power and influence. This resulted in some experts believing that this would lead to an evolution of the field…

“The United Nations was born of perceived necessity, as a means of better arbitrating international conflict and negotiating peace than was provided for by the old League of Nations” (History, The United Nations Is Born, Par 2) In April 25, 1945 the first Conference of the U.N Charter was held at San Francisco. 51 nations were considered to be the the original members of the U.N. Including members from continental…

The United Nations aims to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war” (UN Charter) by promoting international peace and security. Founded in 1945, the UN had 51 member states. Today there are 193 member states, yet the system remains unchanged. While disputes are tangible and concrete, conflicts are processes in which actors express dissatisfaction or disagreement with organizational structure (Constantino & Merchant 5). The intangibility of conflict makes it difficult to diagnose.…

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) mark a historic and effective method of global mobilisation to achieve a set of important social priorities worldwide. They express widespread public concern about poverty, hunger, disease, unmet schooling, gender inequality, and environmental degradation. By packaging these priorities into an easily understandable set of eight goals, and by establishing measurable and time bound objectives, the MDGs help to promote global awareness, political…