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    1. Discuss the history and global conditions (economic and political) that led to the founding of the United Nations. The United Nations (UN) is the second multipurpose international organization established in the 20th century that is worldwide in scope and membership. Many historical events had occurred before the establishment of the United Nations. States first established international organizations to cooperate on specific matters. The International Telecommunication Union was founded in 1865

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    Abstract The United Nations was formed upon the agreement with the sovereign nations and its frontiers conceded with the Charter. After the end of the cold war, there has been a burden on the United Nations about solving different problems of diverse nature as well as of diverse geographies. UN has been making efforts to challenge those problems through the use of reforms. There are some of the activities which are imperative to be implemented but still due to some constraints have not been. Some

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    Eritrea Introduction In June 2000, after the two years of a border dispute, Ethiopia and Eritrea agreed on Cessation of Hostilities organised by Algeria and the Organization of African Unity (OAU). In July, the Security Council established the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), and in September, UNMEE was authorised by the Council to ensure the observance of security commitments and to monitor the cessation of hostilities. UNMEE was the most recent case of a traditional peacekeeping

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    Reality According to the Office of High Commissioner of Human Rights of the United Nations, “human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible” (United Nations Human Rights). In other words, universal Human Rights are basic rights and

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    researcher would like to establish that this is not a recommendation for a new organizational structure for the United Nations, because the researcher is in no way a expert in the subject, and this is a Master dissertation not PhD dissertation. The following information is a strategic view based on the information presented. When creating a newer strategic concept for the United Nations that could of produced a better outcome of the Millennium Development Goals the researcher first examines how the

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    all around the world. This public organization is an affiliate of the United Nations (UN) with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Likewise, it’s the coordinating and directing authority for health matters within the systems of the United Nations. The WHO is responsible for the provision of health matters across the globe, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards and provides technical support to nations as well as monitor and assess health trends. There are 194 member states

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    UNITED NATION History and Principle Sections of United Nation: The United Nation was established by fifty one states on 24th October, 1945 as a consequence of initiatives taken by the governments of the countries that had led the war against Germany and Japan. By 2010, 192 states were members of UN. While joining of a new member the member states agreed to accept the obligation of UN charter. UN has four purposes to maintain international peace and security to co-operate in solving international

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    1945, but the United Nations strives “to provide peace, security, and justice.9” The belief was to achieve this is through humanitarian intervention the use of force if the international law can 't reconcile it. Three principles make up humanitarian intervention: 1. uses military force 2. interferes in the target state’s internal affairs 3.responds to crises where states’ 10interests are not directly threatened. For the UN to get authorized they look to the Security Council United States, France

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    the welfare of other people even if they are in a different state. This has been the case many times in mass genocides or even in the case of civil wars within countries between two different groups. The globalization of world powers started the United Nations to protect people from mass murders of people. Another reason that the sovereignty of states is diminishing is the mixed culture and ethnic minorities. Several places throughout the world are trying to become their own states without the approval

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    “Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.” The world must choose either humanity and civilization or chaos and destruction, which were the exact questions that came under review with the events of the Somalia Affair. The Somalia Affair in 1993 was a military scandal involving the brutal beating and death of a Somali teenager by two Canadian Forces members who were in Somalia for peace keeping and humanitarian efforts.

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