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    the other Wes Moore make poor choices. There is a particular organization known as The United Nations Association of the United States of America that branches out into Model United Nations, a program designed to show the importance of decisions by placing students in an environment that shows decisions matter. Children that have experienced the various programs that The United Nations Association of the United States of America offered are aware of how minesquele choices they make can affect their

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    The Headquarters of the United Nations is a complex in New York City. The complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952. It is located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, on spacious grounds overlooking the East River. Its borders are First Avenue on the west, East 42nd Street to the south, East 48th Street on the north and the East River to the east.[2] The term "Turtle Bay" is occasionally used as a metonym for the UN headquarters or

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    To: Wynne Ferdinand, Head of Department From: Shirley Baez Subject: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Meeting Date: April 7, 2016 INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM The United States government funds many United Nations organizations. By now, as the new head of our department, you've attended several meetings where you got to meet with the head of each department and other important members. Your next meeting is with the United Nations office on Drugs and Crime. This memo covers the following information

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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 States’ humanitarian relief efforts have recently focused much of their efforts on involving the livelihood of Afghanistan women. For decades, these women have been frequent victims of abuse, despite some success by authorities in prosecuting rape cases, forced marriages and domestic violence. Child marriage, selling and buying women to settle disputes, assault and more than a dozen other acts of violence and abuse against women are a common norm in Afghan society. About 87% of women experience

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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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    disparities in education, employment, healthcare, power and decision-making, violence, and poverty that impacts billions of women and girls from every part of the world throughout their lifetime (UN Statistical Division, 2010; UN Women, 2011a). The United Nations has extended efforts for growing global rights effort to compensated the deeply rooted gender inequality (Hawkins 1). This paper addresses gender based inequality and current global human rights initiatives focused on women, and action taken by

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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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    When thinking about human rights is it really essential to defend and protect these rights? Mother Jones, Gandhi, and Emma Watson found defending human rights essential. Emma Watson is a woman who fought for women's rights, Gandhi fought for racial rights, and Mother Jones fought for workers’ rights. These three people helped to enact change by becoming successful leaders, being brave, and cared for people as they took a stand no matter what they thought could happen to them for standing up. Mother

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    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

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