United Nations Environment Programme

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…

Nation-building process in the Philippines were slow. In the beginning of the occupation, the US had to fight against Aguinaldo’s guerilla forces that wanted independence. The US managed to contain guerilla forces, however lost 4200 lives of soldiers. In the beginning of the occupation, the US established a military government under General Arthur McArthur in the Philippines. Later the power of the government was transferred to the Civil Control under the Civil Governor Taft. Under the Civil…

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…

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…

The humanity law framework involves a change of norms as well as different direction of enforcement. This provides new insights and causes a new shift to transition from a purely political discourse of state interests. Hence, it highlights other issues on the states’ political agenda. The alteration of norms consists of a “constitutive of the emerging global order, in part, by serving a central discursive function.” This allows for a different approach to analyze the interests that are at…

principles, with his introduction of his new aims for the war: the Four Freedoms (Kissinger 389). He laid out these four freedoms --- freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from war --- as the goals of any conflict the United States would enter into. He proclaimed that Nazi war crimes and attacks on civilians were showing more and more than the safety of american values overseas was in jeopardy (Kissinger 389). This restated moral imperative meant that anything…

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…

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 environment such as stakeholders, employees, and consumers. CSR is good for business. After reviewing a scholarly article by Avi Sharma, I have gained some insight on how CSR affects business and it’s consumers. According to Avi, good CSR can affect the…