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The United Nations Essays and Term Papers
CommonwealthHistory: Early Days: The first people arrived in Ireland and came from Scandinavia to Scotland and then from Scotland to Ireland. They were a Stone Age people and lived by hunting, farming and fishing. The next groups were the Bronze Age people from southern Europe who skilled metal-workers. The ...
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The European Unionis a union of fifteen independent states bases on the European Communities that was founded in 1993 in order to enhance political, economic and social co-operation.
The 15 participating countries are the following:
- Austria - Germany - Holland
- Belgium - Greece - Portugal
- Denmark - ...
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History Of Turkish Occupation Of Northern Kurdistan.Since 1984, and especially the last few months, the domestic problems of a
major N.A.T.O, Middle Eastern, and American ally state have come to the
forefront of the international news scene. That state is the Republic of Turkey
and it's primary troubles stem from the past seven decades of ...
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Mercy KillingSereny was born in Vienna, Austria in 1921. Her father was a Hungarian Protestant, Ferdinand Serény, and her mother was a former actress from Hamburg, Margit Herzfeld, of Hungarian and Jewish origin.
When she was thirteen, her train journey to a boarding school in the United Kingdom was delayed ...
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Marijuana historyCannabis, also known as marijuana(sometimes spelled "marihuana") among many other names,a refers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug. The word marijuana comes from the Mexican Spanish marihuana.According to the United Nations, cannabis "is the ...
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Women RightsWomen's rights movements are primarily concerned with making the political, social, and economic status of women equal to that of men and with establishing legislative safeguards against discrimination on the basis of sex. Women's rights movements have worked in support of these aims for at least ...
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Fannie Lou HamerFannie Lou Hamer was born October 6, 1917, in Montgomery County, Mississippi. In 1944 she met civil rights activists who encouraged blacks to register to vote. She became active in helping. She also worked for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) which fought racial segregation and ...
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Role Women Played In SocietyTacitus, in his seminal, anthropological work, "Germania" provided a comprehensive, ethnographic treatise on the people of pre-medieval Germany. This work, created a little less than two millennia ago, explores the geography, ethnicity, occupations, culture, lifestyle and the role of women in ...
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Cross-Gender Research In Third World CountriesThis essay is an evaluation of a recent paper published in the journal "Women's Studies International Forum," published by Regina Scheyvens and Helen Leslie titled "Gender, ethics and empowerment: Dilemmas of development fieldwork." The authors present facts and discussions related to several ...
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Teleteens And Sex MedicineAn increasing problem on high school campuses and one of the main
concerns of parents, school officials, and the government is teenage sex. It
is on the rise, and they are worried that it may get out of control. Teenage
sex can be a problem because of the pregnancies and many diseases it ...
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Chinese Occupation Of TibetI believe that Chinese occupation in Tibet is a tragedy that should be
delt with before a total genocide of the Tibetan cultures occurs. This is a very
serious topic that has been avoided since the late 1940's.
Chinese occupation in Tibet is one of the great tragedies in history.
The Communist ...
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Indonesiaarchipelago of 13,000 islands spans more than 3,000 miles between the Indian and the Pacific Ocean. exact geographic coordinates is 5 00 s, 120 00 E. If you would look for on a world map, you will need to look in the Southeast Asia. The total area of is 1,919,4400 sq. km. You can roughly ...
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Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th president of the United States (1969-1972), was born on January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California. Nixon was one of the most controversial politicians of the twentieth century. He built his political career on the communist scare of the late forties and early fifties, but as president he ...
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The Atmospheric Ozone LayerThe stratospheric ozone layer exists at altitudes between about 10 and 40km
depending on latitude, just above the tropopause. Its existence is crucial for
life on earth as we know it, because the ozone layer controls the absorption of
a portion of the deadly ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. ...
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AIDSThe United Nations organization released disturbing estimates Thursday
of the seemingly relentless expansion of the HIV pandemic.
At a time when many Americans are increasingly optimistic that state-of-the-
art drug therapy might eliminate the virus, HIV is taking a heavy toll worldwide. ...
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GenocideAfter Rodney King was beaten, and the white police officers were
aquitted, he said "Why can't we all just get along?" A question asked by many
people. Rascist and Genocidal acts such as this have been going on for many
years, and should not be tolerated.
In international law, the crime of ...
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Irene Joliot-curieIrene Curie was a brilliant dedicated scientist who accomplished many things throughout her life but was overshadowed by those around her throughout her life. She was overshadowed by Nobel laureate parents Maire and Pierre Curie, by co-laureate and husband Jean Frederick Joliot, by her physicist ...
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Crime In The United StatesIntroduction:
Our report is on . Crime is a major problem all over
the world, but we are focusing on the crime problem right here in our own
country. We have listed some different statistics, problems, and solutions.
FBI Crime Statistics:
Final 1995 crime statistics showed that 13.9 million ...
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Technology And ProgressProf. Cummiford
“You will be held responsible for all the material covered in this lesson”
Responsibility is the collection of knowledge gained through consequence, the realization that any given action must have a result. Through the process of growth an individual will make various decisions to ...
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