United States Ambassador to the United Nations

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…

With the creation of R2P state sovereignty begins to be considered in terms of responsibility for the populace rather than just territory. The conversation that R2P creates is one in which the original ideals of state sovereignty are being challenged and the emergence of a more conscious aim to protect humans and not those who abuse them comes to light. Since the principle advocates the responsibility that the state has in protecting its citizens from things such as crimes…

at birth, mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling and GNI (PPP) per capita. This data is compiled per country and converted into a score from zero to one, with the latter being the most developed (Desai and Potter 2014). Norway is the nation with the highest HDI and therefore the highest levels of development, with a score of 0.944 (UNDP 2013). This indicator suggests that the highest HDI scores reflect the highest levels of development. To a certain extent this is representative,…

The nation of Tuvalu is proud to be part of the United Nations General Assembly seeking to “examine potential threats to territorial sovereignty and security as a result of Cyber Terrorism, produce effective legislation on the production, stockpiling, and use of biological and chemical weaponry, and discuss the militarization and weaponization of space” (Mahmoudi 2). These issues are important to Tuvalu because we understand that one country affected by any of these actions will cause a global…

The first step in evaluating the quality of Goal 13 's targets is determining if they are each individually measurable. The resilience that is to be measured in Target 13.1 can be broken down into ecological and human resilience to extreme events. The former may be measured by observing the diversity of a natural system (Gunderson, 2010) while human resilience can be measured based on the loss of lives after an extreme event. The policies that are mentioned in Target 13.2 may be measured by…

physical characteristics, such as hair type, color of eyes and skin, stature, etc. (thefreedictionary.com). For centuries, crime and hate has been waged between races. Human rights were created to provide all human beings with basic rights (The United Nations art. 21.3). Human rights were created for humans to be protected from other humans. The Universal Declaration of Human rights was created in 1945 after World War II (Lamsal.). Nazis were responsible for death…

In today’s world, there are many global problems that we are facing in which they are beginning to affect our modern time, greatly. Poverty has become a crucial fact worldwide and has a great influence on human development. Throughout history poverty has always existed, yet in this day and age there is no difference. Just below poverty, there is human mortality. As one of the many effects of poverty, the humankind is greatly influenced health wise. When there is no money for hospitals or other…

the realism theory states world government states seek to protect their own interest against neighboring or rival states. Realism is centered on military power also known as hard power. However on the other hand liberalist believes that co-operation interaction between states is a much more effective means then military threat. Soft power allows states to come to a compromise, both in a ‘win-win’ situation. An example of this is Iran coming to a compromise with the United States on the issue of…

animosity between the US and Arab nations. The help of many International governmental Organizations to avoid war and alleviating poverty have been a key component of Globalization and its expansion. Chapter 2 Weapons Proliferation and Conflict The book…

Canada has a tendency to emerge with a securer identity and a stronger unification as a nation. One of these moments was World War II, which consequently led to the creation of the United Nations. The United Nations was an organization created in 1945, composed by various countries around the world. Its initial purpose was to maintain international security and foster social co-operation. Joining the United Nations was a defining moment in Canadian history because it enabled Canada to reform…