...Tuesday, 2 June 2009 EFFECT OF SOCIAL VICES ON THE YOUTH. “Drugs are tearing apart our societies, spawning crime, spreading diseases such as AIDS, and killing our youth and our future.” Kofi Annan, former UN secretary General. This statement by Kofi Annan is very true today. Despite well-known risks, people continue to abuse drugs, and such abuse continues to destroy lives. Drug abuse costs the United States an estimated 100 billion dollars a year in health care, reduced job productivity, lost earnings, and crime. Well, do you know which group suffers most? It’s the youth. According to a Brazilian study, 24.7 percent of youths between 10 and 17 years of age have already tried some kind of drug. Also while teenage drug use in the United States may have declined somewhat in recent years, alarming numbers of young ones there are addicted. Consider seniors in high school. According to one study, 37 percent had at least tried marijuana in the previous year. One out of 5 had used it in the past month. Almost 1 out of 10 had tried the drug ecstasy in the past year.’ The most murderous group of Americans are in the 18-to-22 age group,” according to a recent report. “In 1979, says the FBI, they accounted for 25% of all murder arrests.” The British Office for National Statistics reports that “12 per cent of pupils aged 11-15 had used drugs in the last year. . . Cannabis [marijuana] was by far the most likely drug to have been used.” Particularly alarming was the fact that “more...
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...Beginning in 1990, the UN began identifying ways to improve human life around the world. Then, in 2000, at the Millennium Summit the UN developed a proposal grouped into eight specific goals titled “We the Peoples: The Role of the United Nations in the Twenty-First Century” by then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The declaration asserts that people have innate rights as human beings that should be met regardless of nationality, income, education, or ability. The following is an outline of the eight goals and their importance in achieving those rights to all people. Goal one is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. In this goal, the most basic of human needs is addressed in the form of food and shelter. Considering the desire to elevate people in various countries to a higher standard of living is met by addressing people who live on less than $1.25 per day. Also, employment centers have been developed to help people find jobs and work in underdeveloped countries. This is very important to achieve because many who intend to not fall into sickness and poverty must have this base need met in order to progress. Goal two states the move to achieving “universal education”. In this goal, attempts to improve the level of education among the poor. Education breeds skills and confidence, and without education jobs are hard to achieve. In the poorer areas, there aren’t even schools to go to whether people wanted to or not. And education is viewed as optional to those...
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...Legal Issues for Managers Legal Issues for Managers: Potential Liabilities The object of this essay is to advice on potential liabilities of Cena, Rock, Kofi and Punk. First and foremost delivery driver Cena failed to check his trailer was properly coupled to his truck. While driving the trailer detaches, rolling down hill colliding with Rock, a motorcyclist. Due to Cena’s negligence Rock, not wearing a crash helmet suffered severe injuries and damages to his body and motorcycle. Per Lord Atkins “we owe a duty of care if it is reasonable to foresee that another person might suffer damage as a result of our act or omissions”. (Lord Atkins) Rock may state, surely Cena had a duty of care to ensure his vehicle was suited for purpose. Nevertheless, since Rock was not wearing a helmet, Cena may argue that Rock is liable for some of his injuries. Comparably under the case of Smith V Leech Brain & Co Ltd and Another [1962] All Er 1159, Smith incurs fatal injuries when molten metal burns his lips, leading to cancer and eventual death. This being said, Smith “already had a pre-malignant condition”. The defendant argued, “Smith may have contracted cancer due to his condition, regardless of the accident”. (Smith V Leech Brain, 1962) Conversely, but for the burn, Smith may have never developed cancer. According to Thin Skull Rule “a defendant is liable for the full extent of the victim's injuries even if, due to some abnormality or pre-existing condition, the victim...
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...The Story of Stephen Lewis HRE4M1 - ISU Submitted By Domin.k.kurian Kunjandy Kurian: 2 INTRODUCTION In this project I am going to talk about a famous person named Stephen Lewis one of Canada's most prominent activists, who seemingly done it all: a rewarding career in politics and diplomacy, and a lifetime of work on humanitarian issues on the world stage. In the first paragraph of this project I am going to construe his background information’s. In the second paragraph I am going to exhibit his educational information’s and qualifications. Stephen Lewis also has an extra ordinary career pathway. The third paragraph explains his career pathways. Since Stephen Lewis is well known for his social work the fourth and fifth paragraph explains his contribution to society. Finally the last paragraph also explains about his achievements and awards he gets for his remarkable social work. Stephen Lewis can be simply described as a person with amiable heart who burden about others. Kunjandy Kurian: 3 Domin.k.kurian HRE4M1 Dec-15-2014 Mr.Celebre The Story of Stephen Lewis Stephen Lewis is a person worthy of being anyone’s hero. He has had a very hustle life and has done many distinct things. Stephen Henry Lewis, the politician, diplomat, author, journalist, and labor arbitrator who born in November 11, 1937, Ottawa in Ontario to Mrs. Sophie Lewis and Mr. David Lewis. His parents gave him the Hebrew name "Sholem", a Yiddish derivation of the Hebrew word shalom, which means...
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...21st 2015 APPLICATION PACK ABOUT THE ONE YOUNG WORLD SUMMIT The One Young World Summit is a great opportunity to acquire leadership skills through dialogue and debate about pressing international social issues. In 2014, delegates gathered to speak about issues around sustainable development, human rights, peace and conflict, education, and entrepreneurship. Keynote speakers included world leaders such as: Sir Bob Geldof – Political Activist Sir Bob Geldof – Political Activist Arianna Huffington – President of Huffington Post Activist Arianna Huffington – President of Huffington Post Activist Professor Muhammad Yunus – Nobel Peace Prize Winner Professor Muhammad Yunus – Nobel Peace Prize Winner Kofi Annan – Secretary General to the UN Kofi Annan – Secretary General to the UN Fatima Bhutto – Writer and Activist Fatima Bhutto – Writer and Activist Paul Polman – Global CEO Unilever Paul Polman – Global CEO Unilever Jamie Oliver – Chef and TV Personality Jamie Oliver – Chef and TV Personality Sir Richard Branson – Founder of Virgin Group Sir Richard Branson – Founder of Virgin Group In 2014, 1,300 people came together from 194 countries to learn about how to bring about change. Please check this website for further information: www.oneyoungworld.com ABOUT CHALHOUB IMPACT Chalhoub IMPACT is the Chalhoub Group’s sustainability strategy. We aim to support education to cultivate environmental and social sustainability...
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...The conceptual origins of peace-building The term "peace-building" originated in the field of peace studies more than thirty years ago. In 1975 Johan Galtung coined the term in his pioneering work "Three Approaches to Peace: Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, and Peace-building." The mechanisms that peace is based on should be built into the structure and be present as a reservoir for the system itself to draw up... More specifically, structures must be found that remove causes of wars and offer alternatives to war in situations where wars might occur." John Paul Lederach has called for expanding our understanding of peace-building. Peace-building, according to him, "is more than post-accord reconstruction" and "is understood as a comprehensive concept that encompasses, generates, and sustains the full array of processes, approaches, and stages needed to transform conflict toward more sustainable, peaceful relationships. The term thus involves a wide range of activities that both precede and follow formal peace accords. Metaphorically, peace is seen not merely as a stage in time or a condition. It is a dynamic social construct." Lederach speaks of conflict transformation as a holistic and multi-faceted approach to managing violent conflict in all its phases. The term signifies an ongoing process of change from negative to positive relations, behavior, attitudes and structures. A UN history of the notion UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's landmark An Agenda for Peace was...
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...Annotated bibliography for essay (‘Bureaucratic organization expands in modern societies to perform many comples tasks efficiently. However, it also generates dysfunctions that lead to alienation and inefficiency’ (Rizer, 2010:80). Analyze this statement). Reference 1 Whitford, A.B., (2007). A Test of the Political Control of Bureaucracies under Asymmetric Information. Rationality & Society, [e-journal] 20(4), p.445-470. Available from: [Accessed 30 November 2015]. Summary : The main purpose of this article is to review the logic of the Banks-Weingast prediction about political control of the bureaucracy under asymmetric information, in other words the interaction between informational role of interest groups and institutions as politician seek to control the bureaucracy is investigated. The authors doesn’t claim to take a particular perspective. The author concludes the article by stating that the agenda-setting power of the bureaucrats themselves should be fully addressed. Evaluation: I think this journal targets professional readers. One of the weaknesses of this article is that it is very difficult to understand, especially for public readers. A lot of professional terms and concept have been use in this article. I find the text reliable because the author is a professor of public policy who has expertise in public policy and organization studies. Dr. Whitford, the author of this article is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and...
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...Multinational Companies and Human Rights Ever since globalism has become the dominate economic system in the modern world, many companies specifically in the United States have found the benefits of moving manufacturing jobs out of the US in favor of countries that pay workers very low wages. These countries often times do not have the same stringent labor laws and enforcement features in place as in the US and as a result human rights abuses are much more pronounced and more apt to be violated. As more consumers in western nations become more educated about where their products are being manufactured and how many people are being mistreated and abused all in the name of making products cheaply, they are demanding that multinational companies or MNCs take more responsibility in making sure human rights are not being violated. An example of a way MNCs are attempting to take responsibility for ensuring workers human rights are the establishment of various codes of conducts. One such code of conduct mentioned in our textbook is the Anti-Sweatshop Code of Conduct established by former President Bill Clinton. The code which “includes a ban on forced labor, abuse, and discrimination requires companies to provide a healthy and safe work environment and to pay at least the prevailing local minimum wage, among other requirements” (Deresky, 2011). This particular code of conduct works in conjunction with the Department of Labor who essentially publishes the names of companies...
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...In Africa, Aids has a woman’s face by Kofi Annan In Africa, there is a combination of AIDS that has been affected people. AIDS has been spreading in huge proportions for not being informed. That is why United Nations is trying now focusing on trained women to confront AIDS. It is usually that women are the economic foundation of rural communities. Women seem to be more responsible and they have power and knowledge to make the correct decision which is going to protect her family and society. Studies show in this article, it proves that women do not play a central role because they are fully involved with the benefits, health, better fed, and savings of the families. In the case of the man is not present, the woman takes control of the house and now she has been recognized to have the properties when the man dies. However, countries like Africa are still having some old machismos traditions. Sometimes, girls have taken out of school and put it on the farm or house to work. This is not fair because once they focused all her life in house duties, education seems be far away of their dreams. In addition, it is proved that once the woman is in charge of the health and against AIDS, the percentage of infections has been decreasing. I agree with Kofi Annan. Women tend to be more worry about their families and put themselves as a second place. There is no price to see your family suffer, they are able to put themselves in order to see their families succeed. It will take time to see...
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...1 TOPIC it means, globalization is going to happen. The world is going to get more connected, and thus increases communication, transportation and technologies. Arguing against it seems pointless, we all can't go back to being isolationists. The term ‘Globalization' has become skewed from its original meaning. In essence, it means the increasingly global scope of everything from travel to trade. In describing this globalizing trend, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan states that, "Arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity." Annan is claiming that the power to globalize, whether for humanitarian or corporate reasons, is such that no one and nothing can resist the urge to grow and learn. He is, in fact, describing universal and human nature. The universal forces of attraction, or gravity, cause any body with inherent mass to both attract and be attracted by other bodies with inherent mass, with the result that the smaller ones are drawn toward or are engulfed by the larger ones. Annan's comparison of these forces to those of globalization creates a very clear image of regional and national affairs gravitating toward or becoming international ones. He is referring to the corporate takeover of one company by another or the merging of several to become a conglomerate. He is referring to an airplane assembly line using parts made from 57 different companies in as many countries. He is referring to the capacity to engage in overseas warfare...
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