Essays on United Nations

Introduction The definition of peacekeeping is the behavior of trying to prevent fighting especially of trying to prevent war between nations. Peacekeeping is the process of maintaining peace. UN peacekeeping is a unique global partnership and it started in 1948 now 70 years already when...

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental global organization that works to promote international co-operation and peacekeeping among nations. It was established on the 24th of October in 1945 following the catastrophic effects of World War 2, in order to prevent similar conflicts in the...

The United Nations and its precursor, the League of Nations, have played a central role in the creation, development and current status of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. The Arab-Israeli conflict is about the territory that Israel now occupies in what used to be...

UN Organs The General Assembly, The Security Council, The Trusteeship Council, The Economic and Social Council, The International Court of Justice, and The Secretariat. General Assembly The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN. All 193 member States of...

The foundations of the United Nations are built upon the very core idea of human rights, therefore, they strive to progress towards the goal of obtaining and maintaining equal human rights. Every country is signed to the Treaty of Universal Human Rights, meaning that human...

Introduction Regrettably, sexual exploitation and rape are not new concepts to the world, but when exploitation (financial or otherwise) occurs in the context of peacekeeping the reality becomes “profoundly disturbing” (Al-Hussein, 2005). The United Nations Security Counsel has had many failures since its installment in...

After the League of Nations’ failure, the second try at making a peace system was the UN’s second institution within only a few decades. Yet, throughout the conflict peace was about to fail once again, as most of the world was divided into two blocs....

The question of the reform of the UNSC is as old as the UN itself. Member States have consistently voiced concerns over permanent representation on the Council and the power of the veto, especially since the end of the Cold War, by which point global...

After United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) which was created in 1960 in order to restore peace and stability following Congo’s independence (Zabeki, 2017), the United Nations intervened again by establishing the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)...

Palestine was a common name used until 1948 to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. In its history, the Assyrian, Babylonian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman empires have controlled Palestine at one time or another. After World War I, Palestine...

Being a Chair is such an exciting position to hold at a MUN because it requires you to take on responsibility, but also to think well on your feet and to respond immediately to a committee. In many ways, the Chair sets the tone of...

Who are the conflict actors? Which countries are involved? One of the conflict actors is Iran because the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and the Tehran sees Syria as a bridge to the Hezbollah’s client in Lebanon that contributed much in helping Syria. That triggered Tehran...

More than 6, 700 people died in the world’s latest humanitarian crisis as of 2018. From political debates to UN involvement questioning, the Rohingya Crisis has become the cause of many discussions. Thousands of news networks covered updates from channels across the world. Nonetheless, after...

The United Nations is an international organization between countries. It was established on 24 October 1945 in San Francisco, California in the United States. The creation of this organization was after WWII ended and it substituted the League of Nations which was created for a...

The Holocaust was a significant moment in history. It spanned from the 1930s to the 1940s. The holocaust was caused by extreme Nazi beliefs. Which has helped change the world today in both good and bad ways. The first sign of the holocaust is it...

Executive Summary We analyzed both the American Red Cross (the case company) and the Equal Justice Initiative (the exemplar company). We looked to see whether the organizations were aiming their strategies to obtain peace, justice, and strong institutions from the United Nations’ sustainable development goals....

League of Nations was an International organization established by the alliance of the countries which won in World War I. It was established in January 10, 1920. It was established after the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. The aims and objectives of LoN were disarmament,...

Introduction States should be permitted to use military force to end widespread and grave violations of human rights in other states, regardless of whether the state consents, firstly on the grounds that human rights should be prioritised over sovereignty for the sake of justice and...