...Nation Report: Part 1 George A. Quinn Global Issues (HUMN305) Randi Polk Febuary 22, 2015 A Short History and Summary of the Current Conditions in Sir Lanka Geography and Background Sri Lanka is situated on the south eastern part of the contenaite of Asia. When looking at the map of Sri Lanka, you’ll see that this small island country is situated all most exactly in the center of the Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka is also known for being surrounded on all its side by the Indian Ocean. This small but historic island has the Bay of Bengal to its south west and the Arabian Sea on the south west. Sri Lanka is position in great geographical proximity to India. It is separated from India by the narrow Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait. The total land mass of Sri Lanka is estimated to be 65,610 sq km which slightly larger than the state of West Virginia. With the captial of Sri Lanka being listed as both Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte and Colombo one is offen left wondering how this is. Colombo ceased to be the capital of Sri Lanka in 1982 with the shifting of the national parliament to the adjoining town of Sri Jayawardenapura, Kotte which is now officially the capital city. But Colombo is still looked upon as the capital of Sri Lanka due to it being the economical driving force of the country. The tropical climate of the country is tropical monsoons in the northeast regein from December to March followed by monsoons in the southwest regien form June to October...
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...Nation Report: Part 2 - Australia Dana Terry-Pettigrew Global Issues | HUMN305-E2WW (W15) Professor Suzie Arehart 24 Jan 2015 Nation Report: Part 2 - Australia Australia is unique in that it is the smallest continent in the world, that is also a single country. This predominantly Christian nation is located in the Southern Hemisphere, southeast of Asia and bordered by the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Approximately the same size as the mainland Unites States, Australia boasts a current population of approximately 22.5 million people. English is the primary language spoken in this country that started out as a British penal colony. Migration/Immigration Issues http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/top-10-2014-issue-3-border-controls-under-challenge-new-chapter-opens http://www.iom.int/cms/en/sites/iom/home/news-and-views/press-briefing-notes/pbn-2014b/pbn-listing/iom-prepares-migrants-for-life-i.html Australia accused of hypocrisy. (2015, January 26). Age [Melbourne, Australia], p. 2. Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited. Retrieved from http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&source=gale&idigest=1a97b077f8b4b28683d3e0c4440991d3&prodId=GIC&userGroupName=colu29131&tabID=T004&docId=A398699172&type=retrieve&PDFRange=%5B%5D&contentSet=IAC-Documents&version=1.0 http://0-www.countrywatch.com.olinkserver.franklin.edu/cw_topic.aspx?type=text&vcountry=9&topic=POFOR http://0-www.countrywatch.com.olinkserver.franklin.edu/cw_topic...
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...Ljubljana Session Report 2013 September Regional Academy of United Nations Tuesday, September 3, 2013 Bled Strategic Forum Panel discussion International criminal justice: a precondition for a prosperous economic future? The international community is facing geopolitical and economic changes, but still violent conflicts dominate the global headlines. Is this the modern, civilized world? My own opinion.. shock our conscience why are these atrocities still happening? what can be done to prevent them? what price dp the States pay for the mass destruction? (how can it be measured? human values..without a price) how does it affect our and their economies? does lack of criminal justice deter potential investors? or: can justice stimulate economic growth? Can both help prevent conflict? Conflicts thrive on impunity. Impunity encourages more violence and only exacerbates further injustice. Impunity, instability – feeding further into extremists and nationalistic tendencies. (raising the tensions in a fragile or post-conflict society) The unstable environment discourage international and national investments (or look from the other side: why is is unstable? because they took their lands? (Egypt – Kairói Világnépesedési Konferencia) what are the main roots of failed states, or insecure regions? why is the environment unstable? international investments or national investments?) internal conflicts seem to occur disproportionately in low income and low-growth...
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...Study Material PDF 2015 List of Committees & Organization Reports(Jan – Nov) Committee Name Report Title Committee Head Shantha Kumar Panel Law Commission of India Law Commission of India Non-governmental organizations Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) Brand Finance Report on FCI restructuring Report on electoral reforms Report on Death Penalty Lion Census report 2015 Shanta Kumar Justice DK Jain Justice DK Jain Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Dr. Mahesh Sharma Indian Civil Aviation: At the Cusp of Taking off Forbes Annual list of the richest Indians Monitoring of Pesticide Residues Report on Delhi MLA’s salary package TechSci Research Report Report on Bankruptcy Law Reforms Top Secret Doping: How Russia makes its Winners” To suggest reforms to the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). Report dealt with shell companies and beneficial ownership. Report on Innovation submitted its report recommending private funding for R&D Report on illegal migrants from Bangladesh Union Ministry of Agriculture Achary Panel ASSOCHAM Dr T K Viswanathan Committee Independent commission (IC) Committee of Eminent Persons on JEE Justice MB Shah-headed SIT on Black Money NITI Aayog panel Upamanyu Hazarika Commission Annual report on Patent filing in India Most valuable brand in India 100 Report Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage PDT Achary Dr T K Viswanathan Richard W...
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...Student Name: Samir Singh Date: 11/11/10 SWOT Analysis for: Live Nation Entertainment |Strengths |Weaknesses | | | | |Live Nation promotes 22,000 events annually with total attendance |Live Nation has been operating at a loss for the last eight fiscal | |exceeding 50 million. |quarters. | |Live Nation has now merged with Ticketmaster this year to become Live |Live Nation has been having a decline in attendance in the number of | |Nation entertainment |live music events, which has been affecting their operating income. | |One of Live Nation’s main assets are their artistes. |Live Nation has incurred net losses and may experience future net | | |losses. | |Opportunities |Threats | | ...
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...The United Nations was established in 1945 after WWII. Its predecessor the League of Nations was seen as a failure when it failed to prevent WWII. United Nations was established by 51 nations “committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights”.1 At present time there are 193 member of the United Nations. After the tragedy of the holocaust the international community banded together to ensure that such a tragedy would never happen again. (???) In 1948 the United Nations established the “Universal Declatarion of Human Rights”. 2 The UDHR states that “out basic civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that all human beings should enjoy” 3 The United Nations describes human rights as “ rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status”. 4 Since 1948 there have been other treaties and laws that have been established to further define human rights and deal with human rights issues. In 2006 the Human Rights Council was established. The council is a “intergovernmental body” comprised of 47 members. Acccording to the council, members can serve on the commission for a period of 3 years, with a miaximum of two (2) consecutive terms. The councils prime responsibility is the “promotion and protection of human rights around the globe...
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...other employees computers and create fraudulent invoices and fictitious payables to forge checks payable to her own name. According to the 2010 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse the perpetrator committed fraud by an asset misappropriation scheme in which the perpetrator steals or misuses an organization’s resources. Asset misappropriation is broken down into some sub-schemes like skimming, cash larceny, billing, expense reimbursement, check tampering. She was a well-trusted employee and even had previously caught other employees involved in embezzlement and frauds. So there was no reason to expect her of committing a fraud, costing the Company $204,000.00. In the Reports to the Nations study, the average organization annually loses were 5 % of its revenues due to fraud. This is an important topic and individuals have been committing these acts for as long as records have been kept. It is important to implement fraud programs to help reduce or eliminate fraud loses. One of the major things the Company could do to help prevent any future fraudulent activities is start educating the employees on preventing and detecting fraud. Employees should be trained in what constitutes fraud, how it hurts everyone in the company and how to report any questionable activities. According to the Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse organizations that have anti-fraud training for employees and managers experience lower fraud losses. Another...
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...NGOs submit Australian human rights report to UN Around 200 Australian organisations are turning to the United Nations to voice their concerns over Australia's human rights performance. By Brianna Roberts 6 Apr 2015 - 1:00 PM UPDATED 6 Apr 2015 - 2:03 PM (Transcript from SBS World News Radio) Around 200 Australian organisations are turning to the United Nations to voice their concerns over Australia's human rights performance. They've co-authored a report which will be presented to the UN's main human rights body in the lead up to a periodic review of Australia that takes place every four years. Brianna Roberts has the details. (Click on the audio tab above to hear the full report) Every four years the United Nations conducts a human rights audit for all 193 members states. The UN calls it the Universal Periodic Review - Australia's first and most recent completed in 2011. Since then, Australian governments have implemented a number of the UN's recommendations. However, a collection of non-governmental organisations say they're concerned Australia is moving backwards on some issues - including on the treatment of asylum seekers and Indigenous incarceration rates. They've submitted a report to the UN outlining their concerns, ahead of the next review in November this year. Les Malezer is from the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, a co-signatory to the report. Mr Malezer says Australia needs to strengthen its human rights commitments. "We're hoping...
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...Drug Trafficking Drug trafficking includes trade of illegal drugs. These drugs are produced in one region of the globe and then through a well articulated network get traded to different corners of the world. According to a report published by United Nations Research Institute for Social Development in 1994, most of these illegally drugs are being produced in the lesser developed countries and then are being traded to the more affluent and developed nations. The same report also claimed that every region does not produce all the kinds of major illicit drugs, rather each region produces one or two major illicit drugs and then moves them to other parts through a strong distribution channel. Another report by United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC), confirms the research work and findings by United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. According to UNODC, the major illicit drugs that are being produced and traded are cocaine, opium, cannabis and heroine. UNDOC’s report suggests that the countries that are involved in the production and trafficking of the illicit drugs are Bolivia, Columbia, Morocco, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan. UNODC’s reports in 2010 and 2013 suggest that Columbia and Bolivia and Columbia are the hubs for cocaine production, opium and cannabis are mostly produced in Morocco and Afghanistan, while Iran and Turkey contribute to the heroine production. Pakistan acts as the trafficking hub due to its strategic global position. Drug trafficking...
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...Human Development Reports Introduction The source of the human development approach is from the theory of Sen which says that development comes about only when capabilities expand. The idea generated from the theory is that the core reason for development is to ensure that human lives are improved. This can only be achieved if there is expansion in what they can be or do. It could include things such as the being well nourished and healthy, participating in the activities of the community and being knowledgeable. Hence, development can only occur once the obstacles that were present preventing an individual from doing something are removed. The obstacles might be in the form of ill health, illiteracy, lack of resources or lack of freedom- both political and civil. When these obstacles are removed one is said to be capable; hence the origin of the concept of capability Sen, 160). Purpose Statement The purpose of this paper is to analyze the concept of capabilities approach that was developed by Amartya Sen, a Nobel Prize winner, and M. Nussban. Amartya has enabled the measurement of human development by the United Development Program (UNDP). He helped invent the capabilities approach, which is the foundation of indices used by UNDP in their measurements. Through these indices the achievement in education and health can be measured in addition to income (Nussbaum, 67). Objectives The main aim of this paper is to establish whether the Human Development Reports (HDRs) have their...
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...inclusive Wealth report 2012 measuring progress toward sustainability Summary for DeciSion-makerS unu-iHDP Secretariat of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change conTriBuTorS Science Advisor Partha Dasgupta – university of cambridge Report Director anantha Duraiappah – iHDP executive Director Science Director Pablo muñoz – iHDP academic officer Report Authors matthew agarwala – London School of economics and Political Science Giles atkinson – London School of economics and Political Science/centre for climate change economics and Policy edward B. Barbier – university of Wyoming elorm Darkey – university of Bonn Partha Dasgupta – university of cambridge anantha Duraiappah – iHDP Secretariat Paul ekins – university college London Pablo fuentenebro – iHDP Secretariat Juan Sebastian Lozano – The nature conservancy (colombia) kevin mumford – Purdue university Pablo muñoz – iHDP Secretariat kirsten oleson – university of Hawaii Leonie Pearson – university of melbourne charles Perrings – arizona State university chris Perry – un-Water Decade Programme on capacity Development (unW-DPc) Steve Polasky – university of minnesota Heather Tallis – Stanford university Stacie Wolny – Stanford university Report Review Board John agnew – university of california, Los angeles Peter Bartelmus – Bergische universitaet Wuppertal/columbia university Julia Bucknall – World Bank Dabo Guan – university of Leeds michael Harris – university of Sydney...
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...to productivity, in an article released by the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation, productivity in the manufacturing sector declined by 0.1% in Q3 2013, as hours worked increased by 1.2%. That said, productivity in durable goods increased 1.1% and decreased 1% in nondurable goods. It was the area of competitiveness that was most interesting to me. According to a 2013 report released by Deloitte, evaluating global manufacturing competitiveness, the United States did not hold the top position. As was described in that article, of the top ten countries, five are developed nations whereas five are developing nations and yet, in five years, three developing nations will likely occupy position #2 and #3 respectively. The article points to “talent-driven innovation” as the key component to a nations competitiveness. In fact, the Deloitte article goes on to state: “Talent-driven innovation is deemed the most critical driver of a nation’s competitiveness. Catapulting into the second most important driver position is the economic, trade, financial, and tax system of a nation.” (Deloitte 2013) Current competitiveness | | Competitiveness in five years | Rank | Country | Index score (10=High 1=Low) | | Rank | Country | Index score (10=High 1=Low) | 1 | China | 10.00 | | 1 | China | 10.00 | 2 | Germany | 7.98 | | 2 | India | 8.49 | 3 | USA | 7.84 | | 3 | Brazil | 7.89 | 4 | India | 7.65 | | 4 | Germany | 7.82 | 5 | S. Korea | 7.59 | |...
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...been many people and events that have shaped our education system in America. Some have had more impact than others. John Dewey, A Nation at Risk, No Child Left Behind and The Common Core State Standard Initiative. These people and events have had a significant impact on the evolution of American Education. John Dewey helped to form that classroom and its settings. He taught that education is a social and interactive process. He also said that social reform should take place in a social institution, which a school is considered a social institution, therefore a school is not only a place to gain knowledge but to also gain life skills. Dewey also made a point to explain that the knowledge a student will gain depends upon that student as well as the teacher. The teacher should be able to relay information to a student in a way that will help them realize the connection between the information and their experiences that will allow the student to retain the information. Teachers should be a guide for the student. The most famous line of the widely publicized report declared that "the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people" (U.S. Department of Education, 1983). A Nation at Risk is a report that was released by Terrel H. Bell. This report showed that the majority of students could not read, write or do math at their current level. Because of this growing problem many...
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...The Hague International Model United Nations 2013 | 27 of January–1 of February 2013! th st Forum: Issue: General Assembly First Committee (GA1) The impact of disarmament on development Student Officer: Namit Mehta Position: Deputy Chair Introduction Disarmament and development have a complex yet definite relationship, wherein the implementation of one is favourable for the progress of the other. Disarmament, when not threatening the security of the concerned nation, results in a decrease in military expenditure, reduced global tensions, increased safety and in turn, greater international cooperation and stability. Development, by means of achieving social and economic progress and reducing poverty, increases the wellbeing and stability of nations, hence reducing the need for armaments. Hence, this combination of stability and security provides the basis for the relationship between disarmament and development. This relationship has long since been determined; yet, there are many obstacles, political and non-political, which have deterred the progress of these processes. The reason disarmament has a positive effect on development is the ill effects of armaments or weapons. Weapons can have detrimental effects on development of a country. They can lead to destruction of land, unemployment, increased health care costs, crime, costs of damage, environmental degradation, resource depletion, reduced efficiency of people, increased poverty and class distinctions in...
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...Unit 12 – Historical Perspectives of the Health System P1: Describe key aspects of public health strategies P2: Describe the origins of public health policy in the UK from the 19th century to the present day Public Health is about helping everyone to stay healthy rather than focusing specifically on the individual, with the aim to promote health, protecting individuals from threats to their health and preventing ill-health. Public health policies have made a significant impact in increasing a person's overall life expectancy and improving health. (Public Health) PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES: Public health strategies are devised in order to prevent the spread of diseases, prolong life and promote health. This can be done through the use of monitoring, identifying, developing programmes etc. Monitoring the health status of the community – Is a key aspect of health strategies that are in place within the UK. This health strategy helps to monitor any changes that occur in the health of the population, along with alerting individuals to any potential problems. Health throughout the UK is monitored by quality of life, infant mortality rates and life expectancy (Baker L, 2008, BTEC National Health and Social Care Book 2, page 2) The monitoring of health throughout the country allows for advanced planning of local services within the community that may be at risk of certain health problems. The monitoring of health at a local level allows for information to be recorded...
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