United Nations Security Council

However, students in International Affairs must take this step I order to broader their knowledge in comparative foreign policy. In fact, the international configuration is vastly animated by bilateral structures and mutual interactions among nation-states. In this dynamic configuration, states are exponentially fostering within the framework of their foreign policy, mechanisms to cooperate more efficiently. Therefore; the bilateral relationships established between the Federal Republic of…

The United Nations’ creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a global acknowledgement of the human need for connection and existential meaning when confronted with pain and suffering. The mid- 20th century had seen the world reach crisis point: A deluge of innumerable human atrocities, resulting from 'the shattering experience of two world wars and the phenomenon of mass genocide ' (Burnham & Papandreopoulos, n.d.) caused world leaders to act immediately: no longer could they…

In addition to helping an international organization like the United Nations achieve a complete and coherent picture of the situation in Ethiopia, many worldwide news organizations are also turning to Amnesty International to provide information to their readers and watchers. During a quick Google search, many major news…

homes and can be taken to different countries completely. Human trafficking is modern slavery and a huge issue globally with an increasing number of international organizations pushing to prevent this atrocity, such as Anti-Slavery International, United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking and Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking, which we will examine…

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…

authority and is subject to regulation - hence Charter I, Article 2.7 that stipulates the principles of sovereignty will not prejudice the application of enforcement measures listed under Chapter VII relating to responses to threats to peace (United Nations). Despite these norms, the conduct of governments in the treatment of their people has increasingly become an area of concern in the international arena in recent decades (Wheeler 1992: 478). The ICISS report argues that rather than the…

ignore advice from those around them. By listening and acting so, the results may have been different. Many of Caesars most trusted circle plead with him not to go to the Senate on the Ides of March, while Kofi Annan (Secretary-General of the United Nations) had in his possession a letter that warned of a coming genocide, but both did not want to hear the truth, each for their own reasons. Omens and nightmares foreshadow the death of Julius Caesar and foretell the chaos to come. Soothsayers…

The Rwanda Genocide of 1994 was an international disaster and the question of how much the international community was to blame for it has been debated to this day. Sure, the Rwandans who organised and executed the actual genocide must be fully responsible, but the word genocide implicates everyone. Governments and powerful people failed to prevent and halt the killing campaign. Everyone shared the shame of the crime. Belgium withdrawing their troops and leaving the peacekeeping force; the US…

The world today relies on a foundation of allies between different groups in order to maintain peace and cooperation. One of the prominent alliances in existence today is the United Nations, which connects leaders from numerous countries who work together to solve problems such as peace, security, and economic problems. In order for these alliances form and last, the different parties have to honor one another and show a humble readiness to work together in order to accomplish a common goal.…

Nuclear Deterrence: A Justification for a world with Weapons of Mass Destruction Most people in the developed countries believe that the inclusion of nuclear deterrence to the security of their country is vital to world peace. Nuclear deterrence are a philosophical theory which states that nuclear weapons serve the purpose of discouraging opposition countries from attacking with their own nuclear weapons due to the undertaking of retaliation via mutually assured destruction. But, is there any…