International Campaign to Ban Landmines

One of the most beloved women of our time, a role model for a generation of young women, and a selfless combatant of AIDS and landmine negligence. A life that rose to the pinnacle of her people’s adoration, and utterly crumbled under the strain of a personal life. Diana Frances MountbattenWindsor was born on July 1, 1961 near Sandringham, United Kingdom. She weighed 7 lbs 12 oz when born and was the youngest daughter of Edward Spencer and his first spouse Frances Spencer (Pettinger, Oxford). She

THE IMPACT OF THE GRIM FAIRY TALE OF LADY DIANA By Chloë De Groot – 2 EN VS 3 Ever since I was a little child, my mother told me stories about Princess Diana. Through this essay, I wanted to know more about the person who seemingly left a large footprint in, not only my mother’s heart, but in the people’s heart. She had always been amazed and inspired by Diana’s flawless looks, her never-ending smile, her attitude of fighting for the greater good and never giving up. What wonders me though, is what

The United Nations (UN) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are two global organisations which have played major roles in developing projects and policies and managing global finance and inter-country relations around the world. Currently, there is a need for these organisations to reform in order to address the issues of the 21st century. The The UN and IMF were both established after the Second World War by the U.S and British governments. As the US Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, stated

1. Introduction The recent adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly was a strong endorsement of the largest coordinated international development and poverty alleviation experiment in human history: the prior 15 years’ Millennium Development Goals (or MDGs). Created and ratified by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000, the MDGs were a set of eight very ambitious, coordinated targets intended to inform, organize, and direct the global

Ormond Street and of the Royal Marsden Hospital. a) The year before she died, the Princess actively campaigned to end the creation and distribution of land mines. (Diana Princess of Wales: Charities and patronage. 2009). The International Campaign to Ban Landmines won the Nobel Peace Prize only a few months after her death. b) Diana also spoke about her own personal struggles with bulimia and suicide bringing these issues into the open and being a role model to those suffering in secret

After her divorce with Prince Charles, Diana continued being photographed as a fashion icon and charity worker. She was a wealthy member of society. Her young life came to a tragic end when she was only 36 years old. She was her chauffeured car sped out of control while trying to escape the paparazzi. On July 1, 1961 at 7:45pm a baby was born. This was the start of a new life of Diana Spencer. Diana was born weighing seven pounds and twelve ounces. She was born at the Park House, in Sandringham,

and knowledge gained during an international law internship in Cambodia 7 December 2014- 20 February 2015 by Sabrina Caldalano * On 7th December 2014 I undertook an 11-week internship in Cambodia with the Jesuit Refugee Service. The internship was arranged through Macquarie University’s Participation and Community Engagement (PACE) program, and undertaken for academic credit as part of the Bachelor of Laws study program. Australian Volunteers International (AVI) partnered with PACE to offer

and state governments in the United States) for funding or legislation that benefits them; at the local level, school boards may lobby the local government for money for a new school gymnasium or for more funding for educational programs. At the international level, the United Nations may lobby its members to pay their outstanding contributions to the organization or to carry out Security Council resolutions. Although formally organized associations play a predominant role in traditional lobbying

The Collapse of Somalia and Economic Considerations By African standards, Somalia is a homogenous state made up of a single ethnicity, religion and culture. This led to a relatively peaceful history until Somalia was colonized by the British, French, and Italians in the 19th century. However, Somalia’s single ethnicity is broken into different clans, and sub-clans and this region’s lack of natural resources led to a fracturing of society, violence, and eventually civil war at the end of the

It was the marketing campaign of the De Beers Group that have made diamonds as popular as they are now. Conflict Diamonds Conflict diamonds are mined in Sierra Leone, Cote d 'Ivoire, Angola, Congo and Liberia, where unstable governments and various rebel groups are in constant