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    The western Libya Security Council to authorise the use of force against Libya under United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR) 1973 provided that it protected civilians and it did not lead to a force of occupation of any kind. This essay will critically discuss the proposition that “UNSCR 1973 changed the law regarding the use of force under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter” prior to discussing the proposition a definition on the law regarding the use of force as provided by Chapter

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    repression of Kosovo’s Albanian population and to oblige the Milosevic regime to accept NATO’s demands regarding the future political status of Kosovo (Wippman 2001: 129). NATO’s decision to intervene in Kosovo without the authorization of the Security Council raised doubts in the international arena among human rights activists about the legitimacy of the operation. This essay will argue that NATO’s intervention in Kosovo was legitimate because it was both legal and just. In so doing, this essay will start

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    The UN Security Council, which is one of the United Nations five main organs, has the tools to limit ISIS’s power. And down the road effectively defeat them, as they are the most powerful international organization. However, the UN Security Council could also use some reconstruction in certain areas, as the structure and how things operate need to change. The threat of ISIS has dramatically undermined stability in Iraq and frankly, all of the Middle East. ISIS poses as a huge threat to peace and

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    The United Nations Security Council is one of the most important institutions within the United Nations as it is the body that can pass resolutions which binds all of its members. Although while in 1945, there were only 51 members in the United Nations and today the United Nations membership has risen to almost four times the number of the original one, the definitive authority of the United Nations Security Council - the right to cast a veto - is still in the hands of the post-World War II powers:

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    Success of the Council of Trent in the years 1545-1563 in Tackling the Problems Confronting the Catholic Church The council met over a period of eighteen years, in this time there were three distinct periods in which there were a total of 25 sessions. There were several problems with the Catholic Church which needed to be sorted out, this including doctrine and discipline. The council met to sort out this problem which had persisted over a number of years. There were several

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    The United States is one of only five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). In the United States, we have suffered from many terrorist attacks of our own, including but not limited to: the LaGuardia Airport Bombing in 1975, the 1995 Oklahoma truck bombing, the attacks of the Twin Towers on 9/11, the Beltway sniper attacks, the San Bernardino attack, the Orlando nightclub shooting in 2016, and the recent Las Vegas shooting on October 1st. It can be argued that these terrible

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    types of mayor-council government systems which are that of the weak-mayor type of the mayor council system and the strong-mayor type of the mayor council system. The premise of the analysis which has been conducted in this paper is based upon assessing the local governments of two cities within the United States – Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Minneapolis, Minnesota which follow the adoption of a strong-mayor system and weak-mayor system respectively. With regard to a mayor-council form, the system

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    The National Council of Jewish Women has a wide history from the 1890s all the way through 2010. In 1893, Hannah G. Solomon of Chicago was asked to organize the participation of Jewish women in the Chicago World’s Fair. Hannah and her recruits discovered that they would pouring coffee and doing other hostess duties, they decided to walk out and take matters into their own hands. At the end of the World Fair, Hannah and the accompanying delegate body of women founded the National Council of Jewish Women

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    Order in Daily Life: A Mathematical Perspective Power shift in the Council of the European Union: A mathematical Explanation to the Amendment Treaties Tut07 Group C Group Members: Li Yanxue 3035140005 Lin Chaohan 3035142120 Luo Mengjin 3035116913 Wang Jing 3035140665 December 4, 2014 Abstract The European Union is run on a sophisticated system based on a hierarchical structure. Relative political powers of member states in the Council of the Euro- pean Union, an important legislative institution in

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    United Nations Security Council and World Bank Different organizations are formed worldwide but it is mostly their mandates that categorically define the role they play. Among the most recognized, organizations that follow under the control of United Nations get an upper hand and it’s particularly made possible by the powers and control these organizations possess. This article attempts to compare and contrast the United Nations Security Council with the World Bank drawing conclusions from their

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