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Despite obvious warning signs, the early to mid-1990’s was filled with two of the most horrific genocides in human history. Both genocides: the hutu and tutsi massacre in Rwanda, and the Bosnian genocide were done under the nose of the United Nations. The first saw the Hutu’s of Rwanda kill around eight hundred thousand Tutsi people and sympathizers in 1994. Just a year later, the second genocide of this decade occurred when Bosnian Serb forces attempted to gain territory in what is now Bosnia-Herzegovina

confederation, there have been many movements to further build the nation as a whole to create an identity. The building of a nation is a process of a society where history, languages, cultures, traditions, and religions, come together as one to be a unified whole (Gounden, NATION – BUILDING). Many would argue that Canada’s attempts to nation building have been successful, while many would also argue that it has been unsuccessful. “Attempts at nation-building in Canada have been unsuccessful” is a valid statement

1948 created by the United Nations, was the first document that outlined human rights on much more global scale. The Virginia Declaration of Rights drawn up by George Mason, consisted of 16 sections, which described the rights of men and what they could do within the government. It stated that all power is vested within the people and that all men are naturally born free and equal. It also stated that the government has to protect the security of the people and nation. It separated the government

understand the goals of the United Nations I had to go back to the very beginning, to the foundation of the United Nations. The League of Nations was formed in 1920 and lasted until 1946 when it signed over its assets to the United Nations after countries began to leave. Countries quickly began to leave once they had realized the League could not make settlements where they did not have the power to do so causing dictators to abuse this power. In 1942, before the League of Nations failed, Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Chapter I | United Nations." UN News Center. UN, n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2016. This article was a posting of the first chapter of the Charter of the United Nations. In it, it details the purposes and principles of the United Nations thus allowing me to have a better understanding of why the United nations was created. It was created for the purpose of maintaining “international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the

Robert Lubar’s essay “Narrating the Nation: Picasso and the Myth of El Greco” discusses the aftermath of the bloody Spanish-American war resulting in “El Desastre del ’98” in Spain which rocked the national psyche into a period of cultural dissonance. Following the Disaster, the nation quickly found itself in an agitated period of conflicting ideas and divisive discourses, specifically between Madrid and Catalonia. Essentially, class divisions, regional differences, and this lack of national identity

Assimilation and colonization of First Nations people has been the goal of the government throughout history. In the years following 1885, colonization and assimilation still existed and the government created policies specifically aimed at assimilating First Nations people. Some examples of policy include the Severalty Policy, residential schools and the pass system. All of these policies were created to restrict First Nations of their human rights and begin to colonize them into mainstream society

After the 1st World War the League of Nations was the outcome of that feeling, but it was found that nations were unwilling to give any international authority the jurisdiction over their lands. But after the result of these selfish policies the Second World War started. At the close of this second catastrophic war, the minds of men turned again to evoke a more effective world organization, to establish peace and mutual understanding. “Chapter I of the United Nations Charter lay out the purposes and principles

Colin Woodard's American Nations outlines the eleven contrasting cultures inside the North American continent. Within these separate cultures are contradicting views regarding freedom and liberty. Comprehension of the distinctions of these cultures is fundamental when evaluating the ongoing disputes between the rival nations. The Southern nation societies, including the Deep South and Tidewater, were constituted based on the foundations of ancient Athens which established their political philosophies

The Nations Asks, “Is It to Be Murder, Mr. Hoover?” was an article addressing some grievances people had with president Herbert Hoover’s policies and efforts at handling the Great Depression. It was written by The Nation’s editors, a newspaper company around during the Great Depression. It was written to bring attention to the issue that there are homeless and starving people that are not being helped. More importantly that President Hoover is not addressing the issue of the homelessness and starvation