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    The German, Japanese, and Italian empires vanished, and the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as the big imperial winners (Dunn, 778). These two countries, U.S. and USSR had proclaimed their commitment to postwar unity and cooperation. (article) However, more catastrophe was created than was dissolved. The U.S. had hoped that the formation of the United Nations Organizations, would allow the two allied powers with the assistance of Britain, France, and China…

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    Define Human Trafficking

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    United Nations Office on Drugs and Organized Crime (UNODC) defines human trafficking as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by means of the threat or use of force or any other form of coercion or abduction or fraud, deception or abuse of power to achieve the consent of person having control over another person for the purpose of exploitation. The UNODC commits all the state signatories to take proactive measures to investigate, prevent and stop acts of…

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    interconnectedness of these NGO’s and the UN is a complex one but an effective use of services when helping refugees and others (Lamy Pg. 252). In an article from the Inter Press Service, Silvia Boarini wrote on the Syrian Refugees being aided by UNRWA or United Nations Relief and Works Agency, though not very successfully. Boarini takes a stance that is not as much in the favor for specialized agencies because of their lack of funding makes the efficacy of the organization small. Boarini may…

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    strengthen communications between each countries. Additionally, multinational companies development is influenced by globalization that the companies can acquire more opportunities to expand the industry scale and user market. In term of politics, the United Nations can provide resources for the special situations, such as providing army against terrorism to show mutual assistance between each countries. Therefore, the society we living is global and this essay will…

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    maximum age of 16 years old. In most states, inside the United States for example, usually have a minimum age of 7 years old as age of responsibility. England is another example of a country with a different minimum range of responsibility. In England, any juvenile under the age of 10 will not be held criminally liable. Juveniles that range in the age of 10-16 years of age will be subject to special juvenile laws. Under the United Nations agreements, the most universally recognized age of…

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    What Is Child Labour?

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    everyone has the right to go to school; these are just some of the universal human rights that child labor infringes upon. Though there is a Universal Declaration of Human Rights that has been created by the United Nations, with the wide…

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    The six main parts of the United Nations are the General Assembly, Security Council, The Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat. The General Assembly is formed by all of the member nations, and each nation has a group of five people who make a decision which counts as one vote. This group votes on all major decisions. For instance, they…

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    love whoever they want to because there is absolutely "no connection between family, marriage, or procreation, and homosexuality.” Not only is there no constitutional law against same sex marriage but Lepore also mentions how "there is nothing in the United States Constitution concerning birth, contraception, and abortion" yet it has been repeatedly banned throughout American history. Lepore 's discussion of our constitutional rights in her articles allows everyone to see how women 's rights and…

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    Nationalism In Congo

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    Now nationalism is defined as being free from foreign domination, being united and carrying the notion of self-determination. Nationalism is a movement, a sentiment or an ideology. Many nationalists fight over land, share the same language, history, values and land. There are two types of nationalism, civic nationalism and ethnic…

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    The article is written by Susie O’Brien that was published on The Advertiser on 20 November 2010 arguing the rights for gay marriage, targeting the age group of teens and onwards. When you ask anyone, they will all tell you they are in favour of equal rights for homosexuals. Then you get to gay marriage, and that is when all the talk about equality stops. O’Brien started off with a strong point saying she didn’t ever choose to be straight, it was never about choice and that is just who she is.…

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