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    The International Cult, a Family My story with the Model United Nations does not start with a recruiting table or event day, but instead started with the past; AnnDee Pettiford. She was the person that persuaded me to try out for the team, an audition. She warned me that I would regret life, regret my decisions, and cry countless tears over it. I brushed off her words of caution and thought to myself that I could tackle any giant that stood before me. No program, no class, and organization would prevent me from new things. I was David, and this program, this class, was my Goliath. My first interactions were none of confidence. I sat in the chair, the first for the grinders, the newest blood. I shook in my chair while thoughts of failure…

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    Educational Goals Essay

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    behind my educational pursuit, to become the architect of my education. I was reoriented toward this higher goal that promised some vague success to be saved for the future. This transformation from necessity to wonder spurred my desire for a vocation, not a degree, which would hopefully allow me to express my passions to the world. My primary reason in pursuing a college education is wrapped up in a story about what I want to do with my future. For my senior year of high school my parents took…

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    conference took place on 22nd of September 2014. It restated the commitment made by the member states made at that conference to develop and implement relevant strategies to achieve the ends of the United Declaration on the Rights of indigenous…

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    Cyprus Crisis Case Study

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    Firstly, to maintain the reputation of a peacekeeping nation in the international community. Secondly, the Cyprus Crisis became an issue another issue of the Cold War. As a result Western governments became concerned about the possibility that the Soviet Union of the issue of the Cyprus Crisis. The countries involved in the crisis acted as a major contributor as to why Canada was involved in the peacekeeping forces. Due to the fact that countries involved were members of the North Atlantic…

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    non-profit institution that was established in 1978 with its headquarters located in New York City. Human Rights Watch has approximately 400 staff members of “human rights professionals” (Human Rights Watch, 2015) disbursed throughout the world that include “country specialists, lawyers, journalists, advocates, and academics of diverse backgrounds and nationalities” (Human Rights Watch, 2015). The supreme goal of the Human Rights Watch organization is the cessation of human right abuses along…

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    Child Soldiers In Uganda

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    “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 European states, North, Central and South America, Middle Eastern States, Soviet …

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    When Vladimir Putin unexpectedly died of a heart attack, his successor Alexander Petrov stole power and declared the United Nations treaty protecting the moon and other celestial bodies invalid. In one of his many grandiose speeches, Petrov claimed “When I was a little boy, I remember the radio telling me the Americans had beaten us in the ‘Space Race’ by stepping foot on the moon. I know our nation was devastated. But no more—Russia shall gain the upper hand again. I hereby announce the…

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    also losers who are affected due to globalisation. These losers are those who have lost their jobs in high-cost locations. Globalisation has developed a threat for the businesses by dominating the domestic markets. Many foreign companies have entered into developing nations affecting the formerly protected industries, by increasing the competition and bringing down the prices. For example, U.S. automobile companies have been competing for almost three decades, against foreign enterprises like…

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    inconsistent results. In Political thought or theory, as well as in International Relations, Idealists are thinkers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Immanuel Kant, Nicholas de Condorcet, and Woodrow Wilson whose conceptions regarding humanity, communities and international communities rest on the premise that human beings are naturally inclined towards employing reason to overcome prejudice. Modern Idealists, although there were not many after Woodrow Wilson emphasize the significance of…

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    Regarding education for women in other countries, an international meeting should be held in which this topic is discussed. The governments of various countries can come together at the Headquarters of the United Nations and devise a plan or create a legislation of compromise. “[Malala’s father] believed that lack of education was the root to all of Pakistan’s problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected. He believed schooling should be available…

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