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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"United Nations General Assembly"”.
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The role of the United Nations General Assembly in the norm life cycle
In the last few decades the study of norms coupled with a constructivist approach has brought new insights into the area of international relations. The UNGA is the premier global IGO making it an important and interesting topic of study in terms of global legislation. This research fills a gap in …
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Politics and trade in Africa : Does Sino-African trade and investment significantly influence Africa's United Nations General Assembly voting behaviour?
… dependence and political alignment in the United Nations General Assembly (UN General Assembly). This research seeks to provide an understanding of whether states that rely heavily on China's export market are more likely to converge with China on foreign policy decisions. Acknowledging …
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Explaining Depravity through the Looking Glass: Political Prison Camps, North Korea, and Waltz's Three Images
… received international attention within the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Security Council. This paper examines these political prison camps through Kenneth Waltz’s levels of analysis in order to better understand the existence of these camps.</p>
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The Rotterdam Rules: Do They Solve the Problems arising from Multimodal Transportation?
… Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the 11th of December 2008. Shortly afterwards, a signing ceremony in Rotterdam was authorised and a recommendation was made for the new Convention to be known as the 'Rotterdam Rules.' The signing ceremony took …
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The impact of foreign aid on voting inside the United Nations
… is to determine if there is a connection between United States foreign aid donations and a recipient nation's voting patterns in the United Nations General Assembly. Tests in the past have not employed thorough methodologies to deal with the abundance of variables that influence a nation's voting …
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International Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Barrier by Israel in the West Bank
… Session on December 8, 2003, the 191-member United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution requesting an 'urgent' advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the legal consequences of Israel's construction of a 'Barrier' between itself and the West Bank and …
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Ghana’s Shift from Non-Alignment to Alignment: A Comparative Case Study of Foreign Policy Under Geopolitical Pressures
… and diplomatic behavior— especially with the United States—have influenced Ghana’s foreign policy trajectory between the Cold War and the post-2010 period. Through analysis of policy documents, defense agreements, and United Nations General Assembly voting records, the thesis finds that Ghana …
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Searching for a middleground in children’s rights: the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Ghana
… Rights of the Child, adopted unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989, is the world’s most widely and rapidly ratified international convention. Although it was hoped that the Convention would have an enormously positive impact on all children, this has not happened in many …
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Unbearing burden of the refugee crisis on developing countries: Is the global compact on refugees the solution?
… on Refugees("GCR"), adopted in 2018 by the United Nations General Assembly. It aims to discuss whether the document, a non-legal document offers durable solutions to developing countries who host more than 80% of the world´s refugees and asylum seekers population. The paper does this by …
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The Impact of China's Economic Engagement on Political Influence in Latin America and the Caribbean from 2000 to 2015: An Empirical Analysis
… by the voting affinity with China in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in a sample of 26 LAC countries from 2000 through 2015. Through rigorously selected and tested Random Effects Regression Models, the statistical results suggest that China’s aid and China’s OFDI have a …
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Sustainable development : the reflexive governance of risk
… sustainable development were examined within the United Nations during the 57th United Nations General Assembly. At the local sub political level a partnership governance structure is examined which was designed to enhance sustainable lifestyles. Findings suggest that whilst a significant …
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HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED CLIMATE LITIGATION AND THE ROLE OF UNGA RESOLUTION 76/300: TOWARDS A RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW?
… of the right to a healthy environment by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution 76/300 (2022). Therefore, the research critically examines whether this right has acquired meaningful legal status under international law, whether as a customary norm, a general principle, or an …
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Rethinking The Responsibility To Protect: Libya As A Case Study [before doctoral defense]
… 1999 intervention into Kosovo, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (2000) asked, “if humanitarian intervention is, indeed, an unacceptable assault on sovereignty, how should we respond to a Rwanda, to a Srebrenica, to gross and systematic violations of human rights that affect every precept of …
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An exploration of young women's perceptions and experiences of participating in HIV prevention vaccine clinical trials in Nyanga Township in the Western Cape, South Africa
… spread of the disease, it was recommended by the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV and AIDS (2001) to accelerate the development of HIV vaccine aimed at curbing the disease. This study sought to explore young women’s experiences and perceptions about HIV prevention vaccine …
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POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT AND DEMOCRACY IN PERU: CONTINUITY WITHIN CHANGE AND CRISIS
… all the governments since 1962 pursued generally common reformist policies and none reversed the progressive trend set. An analysis of Peruvian foreign policy reorientations vis-a-vis the United States, the Socialist bloc, and the Third World shows that the progressive changes and …
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South Africa’s diplomatic strategy on migrants, with specific reference to the United Nations refugee regime, 1994-2009
… and is, according to the 2010 Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the world’s highest destination country for asylum-seekers, mainly from Sub-Saharan Africa. Following the 1994 democratic elections, there was a transformation in foreign policy, embracing the African …
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Just or unjust war? : unilateral use of armed force by states at the turn of the 20th century
… threat of force has been repeatedly stressed in United Nations General Assembly resolutions and nowadays, the principle is not only a conventional general principle but it has also become a principle of customary international law as indicated by the International Court of Justice in its decision …
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Advancing inclusive participation of children and young people with disabilities in community leisure and recreation.
… people with disabilities is enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC, United Nations General Assembly, 1989) and in numerous more localised policies. Participation in community leisure and recreation activities is a right of every child and young person with a …
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From ambivalence to activism: Australia and the negotiation of the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
… law and international relations theory in explanations of relations between states. That model proposes that each discipline is capable of enhancing the insights of the other, in order to account - more closely in concert than each does individually - for the rule-following behaviour of …
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PISA for development and its impact on education policy and development in Cambodia
… of UNESCO’s Education Agenda 2030 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4). Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, SDG4 serves as a blueprint for developing countries to achieve a more equitable and sustainable future. In 2016, UNESCO established a …
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