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like the Darfur Liberation Front (DLF) which later became Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement to fight against the government of Sudan which allied with Janjaweed militia by using armed force. Under the estimation of United Nations, more than 200,000 people died and at least 2 million people were displaced from their homes in Darfur since fighting broke out in 2003. In February 2003, DLF attacked police stations and army bases in the area of Jebel Marra in Darfur.…

Sierra Leone civil war and Mozambique’s. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs; United Nations Development Programme (2007) identifies the violence in Mozambique as brutal, they reported that “the civil war in Mozambique during the 1980s…resulted in the death of nearly one million people, [which] brought extreme brutality against civilians, widespread sexual violence against women and the displace of at least six million…” (United Nations Department of Economic and Social…

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 Japanese, European and…

were propped up and inspired across the world. Almost instantaneously human rights became a predominant ideology that influenced political systems in America, Latin America, and the Soviet Union and its Satellite Nations. Many human rights activists sought to establish sovereign nation states that strayed away from colonial rule, therefore resulting in the rights for citizenship. Human rights became an idealistic ideology that was intended to grant unalienable rights to all human beings,…

could possess WMDs. The United Nations saw this issue in 2004 and passed “Resolution 1540” on April 28, 2004. The resolution states” … obliges States, inter alia, to refrain from supporting by any means non-State actors from developing, acquiring, manufacturing, possessing, transporting, transferring or using nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their delivery systems.” Since this resolution was passed, there have been some infringements on this…

at the United Nations on July 12, 2013. Malala Yousafzai’s main goal in her speech at the United Nations Youth Assembly was to persuade world leaders about the importance of education. Yousafzai believes that promoting and allowing education is the most important thing that a leader can do for their country. Her speech is given passionately and optimistically because she is young and has been taught by her parents that women deserve the same rights as men..…

The United Nation Global Compact’s Ten Principles explicitly targets the behavior of companies on the global stage. Derived from: “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption” (UN cite), the UN Global Compact’s Ten Principles is aimed at providing a platform for sustainable practices in…

Current Climate Foreign aid has been a major aspect of international relations since the end of World War II, when allied countries gave money to Europe in order to rebuild after war ravaged the continent. The concept of aid has expanded since then to help those who are living in abject poverty, to assist in the development of infrastructure, and to help those living under the threat of perpetual war. The West has put an emphasis on providing foreign aid to those in need whether it is through…

roughly 51% female and has a population growth of approximately 1.2% per year from 2010-2015 (United Nations, 2015). Approximately 85% of people in Brazil live in urban regions, with the majority of the rural populations consisting of indigenous people (World Bank, 2016). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is one of the largest tourist destinations in the world and although still considered a middle income developing nation, Brazil is held to developed world standards in sanitation, medical care, and…

hurricanes. (United States. Central Intelligence Agency, 2016) In 1978 the corrupt democratic national government lost to the leftist Sandinista’s. This is a popular people’s government symbolized by its red and black flags and paintings that are seen throughout the country. The United States has opposed this government from its inceptions and in the 1980’s funded the Contra’s to overthrow the government but those efforts failed. This left leaning government has put it at odds with the United…