United nations
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- The UN
- Pros
- Promoting growth and stability
- Sanction imposed upon countries that do not abide by international laws
- Sanction on Iran to deter their use of nuclear enrichment and reprocessing
- Enrichment can be used for the development of weapons
- Reprocessing is reusing nuclear waste for weapons
- Sanction on Iran to deter their use of nuclear enrichment and reprocessing
- Millenium development goals
- 8 anti-poverty targets set in 2000 by the UNDP to be achieved in 2015
- In 1990, nearly half of the population in the developing world lived on less than $1.25 a day; that proportion dropped to 14 per cent in 2015
- In Southern Asia, only 74 girls were enrolled in primary school for every 100 boys in 1990. Today, 103 girls are enrolled for every 100 boys.
- Sustainable developement goals
- a collection of 17 goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all".
- The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and is intended to be achieved by 2030
- 1. No poverty
- 2. zero hunger
- 7. Affordable and clean energy
- a collection of 17 goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all".
- The UN creates policies and legislation to protect social rights. For example, the Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly
- Reduced global mortality rates, including eradication of smallpox (1979) and near eradication of polio.
- Sanction imposed upon countries that do not abide by international laws
- Promoting growth and stability
- Cons
- Exacerbating inequalities and injustices
- UN peace keeping forces have been accused of sexual assault, murder, child trafficking and child prostitution
- Kosovo mission allegedly had 800 counts of sexual abuse, 70 or murder, 100 of extortion by peace keeping forces
- Inability for peace keeping forces to prevent conflicts
- 1971 Bangladesh genocide
- Unable to provide assistance during attacks in Mavivi in the DRC which killed 30 people
- in 2013, Saudi Arabia was elected as a member on the human rights council, although the country is notorious for poor human rights, due to the intervention of the UK
- Shows the UN's lack of power
- Failures MDG
- about 800
million people still live in extreme poverty and suffer
from hunger
- Over 160 million children under age five have inadequate height for their age due to insufficient food
- Women earn 24 per cent less than men globally
- about 800
million people still live in extreme poverty and suffer
from hunger
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- Exacerbating inequalities and injustices
- Context
- The United Nations is an international organisation made of 193 member states set up in 1945 after World War 2 to promote international peace
- Pros
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