United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Discriminatory Freedom The story of America, from the creation of its colonies to the establishment of the United States constitution, is inarguably one which is centered on the ideas of liberty and freedom. Even before America’s European colonization, British citizens were dreaming of “a land of abundance, riches, and ease beyond the western horizon” (Foner 2), and the foreign soil across the sea presented the perfect opportunity for discovery and wealth. The beginning years of settlement,…

existence of media publishes what is happening around the world of in terms of violations, crimes, and it also informs people about terrorism and terrorist organizations, which creates a significant impact on awareness in this matter. For that, the United Nations appointed…

Change and Development By Hannah George The industrial civilization signaled development and modernization with increased energy use, urbanization and population growth. Svante Arhenius, a Swedish scientist was the first to point out the “greenhouse law” linking carbon dioxide emissions to burning of fossil fuels which potentially leads to atmospheric warming and changes in climate. If global temperatures are not contained to less than 2 degrees Celsius, many ecosystems are projected to reach…

1776, the dawn of the American Revolution saw merchant sailors being authorized to walk a fine line between Privateer and Pirate. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), famous American founding father used British politics and laws in an effort to break America from British rule. In 1779, Franklin, an elderly man of seventy-three traveled across the Atlantic from America to France to seek aid and assistance from France in an effort to break from the British empirical rule over America. Franklin’s…

task set before us, there is much positivity with successfully completing this task. So much positivity exists because each nation is experiencing some negative affect caused by anthropogenic climate change. Between rising sea levels forcing mass migration of people to higher ground in the island nations to warmer temperatures uprooting an active storm season in parts of the United States of America, each representative has motivation to create mitigation and adaptation policy for the globe and…

though shark finning was restricted these fishermen still continued to do their job but worked around the law. The amount of cruelty is still at the same rate, but it is recorded differently. Other than restrictions on shark finning there are global protections of shark species. These protections allow for only a handful of shark species to be protected globally by an agreement through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. (Cains). Bans have been…

How did monarchs in England and France expand royal authority and lay the foundations for united nation-states? Monarchs in England and France struggled for power with the nobles and Church. The Black Death and Crusades as well as political and religious changes during the Middle Ages led to the expansion of royal authority and laid the foundations for united nation-states. The dominant force of the Middle Ages was feudalism. Feudal lords had control over the land and the serfs who were…

the Prime Minister, Prince Ranariddh, and replaces him with Ung Huat (“Cambodia Profile-Timeline.”) In 2001 a lot of things changed because, they wanted to bring genocide charges against Khmer Rouge Leaders. This was passed because now there was a law declaring these activities illegal. In 2014 they finally put two senior Khmer Rouge leaders in prison (“Cambodia Profile-Timeline.”) This was because their roles that they did that swept the country in the 1970’s. Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan were…

succeeded in growing the French deficit (Roberts et. all, 2013). The shape of continental Europe changed during the revolution as well; as Napoleon marched across the continent claiming victory after victory the size of France grew. It swallowed nations whole stretching the reach of the King as far west as modern day Poland, into Scandinavia and south into…

Representative and Senator, a best-selling author, the “Leader of the Free World” (Wilentz 4), and a “Pulitzer Prize” winner (Featured 1) are just a few of the terms that can be used to describe the man who became the thirty-fifth president of the United States of America. He juggled hostile foreign affairs as well as domestic racism that threatened the safety and future of millions of Americans (A&E Television Networks 8). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (Enrichment 6), better known to the public by…