United States Ambassador to the United Nations

a lack of universal primary education contributes to a lot of the world problems. There are many nations that have worked toward the millennium development goal of achieving universal primary education by 2015. Ethiopia is an example of a nation that is set to achieve universal primary education at the deadline, though there is still many obstacles they must overcome to achieve this. Many other nations still have a majority of their youth…

Democracy prides itself on giving people freedom. Before the 1920’s women did not have the option to vote much less any other freedoms given to white men. It’s a great controversy over where the line between women’s rights ends and cultural repression begins. Feminists will argue for and against for many different reasons why a niqab or burqa should or shouldn’t be worn. The niqab and burqa area hindrance to women and their rights in Islamic, male dominated countries like Iran and Afghanistan…

Success of the United Nations Halle Seydel 030:060:A01 Intro to International Relations Introduction Ronald Regan once said that “Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means”. Although created 35 years before Regan’s Presidency, the United Nations supports a similar ideal. The UN Charter, signed on June 26, 1945, states the following main purposes: 1.) To maintain international peace and stability 2.) To develop friendly relations among nations…

Historical View on Hunger Hunger has established itself throughout many centuries and many nations. Countries in all stages of development experience hunger in various degrees. According to the Director of Economic Studies at St. Arthur University, countries can be classified into three stages of development: developed, developing, and undeveloped. Underdeveloped and developing countries have a low standard of living and GDP per capita value, while developing countries have more advanced and…

they did in the past because we turn our heads away from this issue” (“Hunger in a World” qtd. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 2006). The issues of poverty, hunger, corruption, inequality, and poor leadership are detrimental to developing nations. These problems are not going the fix themselves and it is important to understand that all countries need to work together in order to reverse this process that kills millions of people every year. There are many solutions and changes that…

Often, economists have skirted around the economic impact that geography plays for developing nations. For many of these countries, their location contributes to the prevalence of tropical diseases. In order to overcome this obstacle, a developing country should focus its efforts on expanding the nation’s healthcare infrastructure by constructing a network of accessible and affordable medical and emergency services and dedicating resources to the research and development of vaccines against…

Employee Skills There is much to consider when change takes place within an organization, communication, buy-in, and engagement to name a few. One area not to be overlooked when implementing change is the skills of the employees. Training is the foundation for building knowledge about the change and the required skills (change-management.com, 2014). Employees are the organizations number one asset, so ensuring they have the skillset required to match the strategic goal of the organization is…

who created these organizations sue them, the government denies their claims and tells them that they basically did nothing wrong (World Report). China is a member of the United Nations (since 1945), and with these issues the country is violating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that were created by the United Nations (Counties). This is because the country is going against some of the basic rights that were put into this declaration. For example, China is violating human rights like…

listed as goals to be met (United Nations MDG Report 2014). These are called Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which were created with the intention to help Third World countries develop. Even though these issues are considered vital to the well-being of peoples in Third World countries, there are a number of issues…

on the recognition and consent of other states, should not be affected by globalization of financial capitalism, leaving the other two components from Li and Zhou: financial authority and capability to be impacted. Status aside, a state’s ability to manage its own monetary policies are crucial for maintenance of its economic policy. MNCs play a large role with regards to affecting a developing nation’s standing.…