United Nations at 60
Like the phoenix coming out of ashes of World War 2, the United Nations emerged as an organization which aimed to cast solidarity among nations of the world. Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union disintegrated and therefore added more countries in the roster of nations, Germany united, North Vietnam annexed the South and dropped the directional name that separated the two. Hopefully South and North Korea will soon become one.
Turbulent decades of unrest, civil war, marred with bloody ethnic cleansing in Rwanda and Bosnia, United Nations had the difficulty to police its ranks. Dictatorship, human rights abuse and widening gap between the rich and poor have been haunting the organization more than ever. Globalization has brought benefits to many, but still more have been left out and are desperately asking for a fair share. Disease, wars and natural disasters have taken its toll and in many cases, countries offered help in
More often than not it's the so-called renegade territories are the culprit, it's also the bigger brothers who are to blame. And while Chechnya has become a haven for guerillas fighting against the more powerful Russian government, the US has been the biggest violator of Kyoto protocol which aims to improve air quality and reduce the incidence of global warming.
While we sang the United Nations song in our classrooms during my primary school days, we had little knowledge about where in the world can we find the countries whose flags we have intricately made out of colored paper and bamboo sticks.
We also organized Miss United Nations in high school, where contestants represent various countries such as China, Japan, USA, Switzerland and Holland. I am gifted at geography: I know what is the capital of any Central Asian country whose name ends in "stan" and easily point in the globe where is that tiny Liechtenstein. It was fun, until it lasted.
Now for a real dose of what is going on, tally the years where the world has experienced real peace. Begin in the Midieval era where barbarians, Crusaders and the undocumented warriors roamed the Earth looking for lands to conquer. Until this very day, war have not left us.
Though I still believe things will get better, it is said that the peace we are looking for cannot be granted here on Earth.
Turbulent decades of unrest, civil war, marred with bloody ethnic cleansing in Rwanda and Bosnia, United Nations had the difficulty to police its ranks. Dictatorship, human rights abuse and widening gap between the rich and poor have been haunting the organization more than ever. Globalization has brought benefits to many, but still more have been left out and are desperately asking for a fair share. Disease, wars and natural disasters have taken its toll and in many cases, countries offered help in
More often than not it's the so-called renegade territories are the culprit, it's also the bigger brothers who are to blame. And while Chechnya has become a haven for guerillas fighting against the more powerful Russian government, the US has been the biggest violator of Kyoto protocol which aims to improve air quality and reduce the incidence of global warming.
While we sang the United Nations song in our classrooms during my primary school days, we had little knowledge about where in the world can we find the countries whose flags we have intricately made out of colored paper and bamboo sticks.
We also organized Miss United Nations in high school, where contestants represent various countries such as China, Japan, USA, Switzerland and Holland. I am gifted at geography: I know what is the capital of any Central Asian country whose name ends in "stan" and easily point in the globe where is that tiny Liechtenstein. It was fun, until it lasted.
Now for a real dose of what is going on, tally the years where the world has experienced real peace. Begin in the Midieval era where barbarians, Crusaders and the undocumented warriors roamed the Earth looking for lands to conquer. Until this very day, war have not left us.
Though I still believe things will get better, it is said that the peace we are looking for cannot be granted here on Earth.
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