Shape of Human Rights in The Indian Subcontinent Outlines : Nations of South Asia have commonly suffered under centuries of exploitation, of man by man, to such an extent that the society has come to terms with human suffering. The archaic laws of the former rulers, the fragile democracy and repressive regimes, all added to the woes of the people. Despite constitutional guarantees, only a negligible number of complaints reach the...

The Processes and Precedents of U.N. Peacekeeping Outlines: It is one thing to maintain peace between two sovereign States and a totally different thing to get involved in a civil war situation, as has happened in the case of Somalia or Bosnia. One may go back a little to 1962 when a serious situation arose between Indonesia and the Netherlands, in regard to a former Dutch colony in South-East Asia called...

The Concept of World Government Outlines: The concept of the world government has been particularly urgent since the end of World War II. It was felt, during the war itself, that war as a means of solving international disputes had become unnecessary and out of date. The nation state system of solving international disputes was said to have been rendered obsolete by the social, economic, and technological interdependence of nations on...

Climate Protection and United Nations Outlines: The  United Nations has approved, by consensus, a deal setting up a procedure reduce emissions of climate-altering gases into the next century, but it set no specific targets. The document set up a two-year negotiating process to elaborate policies and measures and set ‘quantified limitation and reduction objectives within specific time-frames’ for emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2). But the mandate for...

Global Poverty Outlines : The U.N. Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros Ghali, has called for new thinking on development as “the greatest intellectual challenge of the coming years.” The world’s developmental achievements far outstrip its knowledge of the process, he said, ‘We lack adequate understanding of the complex, multidimensional process that has led to the rapid development of Japan, the Asian Tigers, and most recently, China. These achievements are largely the result of...

India Seeks Permanent Membership of UN Security Council Outlines: Continuing to insist on the expansion of the United Nations Security Council, India presented a case for its inclusion as a permanent member of the Security Council at the 49th UN General Assembly session, held from Sept. ’94 to Jan. ’95. India also asked the assembly to enhance the Council’s transparency. We are confident that India deserves to be a permanent member...

Fifty Years Of The United Nations   Outlines : Fifty long years have gone by since the UN was set up in 1945, when the embers of history’s most disastrous World War II were still smouldering. As small wars still rage at some places in the world, and as the bluehelmeted peacekeepers fan out to help quench the flames of war and prevent further bloodletting and destruction, it is worthwhile to...

World Population vs World Resources Outlines : The problems associated with the Third World affect the whole world. How we deal with these problems will largely determine our future, and that of our children and grandchildren. What was already, in 1950, a record human population, tripled during the course of a single human lifetime. This surge represents an extraordinary and unprecedented situation. The challenge presented to the productivity capacity of the...