-Current World Issues-

-Current World Issues-

2014Paul Shevchuk

It’s about you -

• Just so that you know –

• If you are @ anytime along this journey ‘lost’, ‘not clear’, ‘too much information’, there’s always time ‘to slow, stop and clarify’.

• Take advantage of the offer – anytime.

If you’re happy, I’m happy!

The more you understand, the more you know, and the more you’re

satisfied in your knowledge.

-Definitions-

• Current

• World

• Issues

What’s meant by this?

•Current

What’s meant by this?

•World?• The World as it ‘is’, compared to the way you ‘think it is’.

That’s us -

Total Area: 7,692,024 km2 or 2,969,907 sq miles.

‘Us’ and ‘Them’ –

political

New term-

POLITICAL

What & Where?

•Continents, countries, oceans, seas, cities.

Africa

On your personal map of Africa –Label the following:

1. The Red Sea2. Kenya3. Central African Republic4. Egypt5. Southern Sudan6. Mali7. Morocco8. Ethiopia9. Somalia10. Madagascar11. Libya12. South Africa13. Rwanda14. Namibia15. Mozambique16. Algeria17. Indian Ocean18. South Atlantic Ocean19. Burkina Faso20. Mauritania21. Lake Victoria

22. Cairo23. Senegal24. Togo25. Cameroon26. Liberia27. The Horn of Africa28. The Gambia29. Lesotho30. Gabon

31. Your name

On your personal map of Europe –Label the following:

1. Serbia2. Germany3. Ukraine4. United Kingdom5. Mediterranean Sea6. North Sea7. Baltic Sea8. Russian Federation9. Poland10. Romania11. Czech Republic12. Portugal13. Eire14. Greece15. Finland16. Sweden

17. France18. Liechtenstein19. Switzerland20. Austria21. Albania22. Netherlands23. Latvia24. Andorra25. Georgia

26. Your Name

On your personal map of Asia –Label the following:

1. Cambodia2. Vietnam3. P.R.C.4. Japan5. India6. Afghanistan7. Indonesia8. South China Sea9. Russian Federation10. The Philippines11. North Korea12. Bangladesh13. Mongolia14. Pacific Ocean15. Nepal16. Thailand17. Burma18. Iran19. Iraq20. Kazakhstan21. Taiwan22. Brunei

23. Laos24. Bhutan25. Tajikistan26. Singapore27. Malaysia28. U.A.E.29. Kyrgyzstan30. East Timor

31. Your Name

A ‘world’ body – a club for every country on the planet.

The U.N.O.

POLITICAL

Member states – 193 (as @ 1.1.2014)

Structure of the UN -

Now -

Replicate a diagram representing the

structure of the UNO.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), also known as the UN Refugee Agency, is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.

I.C.C.

• The International Criminal Court (commonly referred to as the ICC or ICCt) is a permanent international tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression (although jurisdiction for the crime of aggression will not be awakened until 2017 at the earliest).

• The ICC was created by the Rome Statute which came into force on 1 July 2002. The Court has established itself in The Hague, Netherlands, but its proceedings may take place anywhere. It is intended to complement existing national judicial systems, and may only exercise its jurisdiction when national courts are unwilling or unable to investigate or prosecute such crimes.

Green = PartiesYellow = Signed but not ratifiedRed = Not acceded nor Signed

Case -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26114895

UNICEFThe United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations Program headquartered in New York City, that provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. It is one of the members of the United Nations Development Group and its Executive Committee.

Clean Water for Children Around the World

It’s just a tap.No one can survive without water. Yet 768 million people do not have safe, clean water to drink, and more than 2.5 billion people live without a proper toilet. The lack of these basic necessities isn’t just inconvenient — it’s lethal. Every day, an estimated 1,600 children under five die from diarrheal diseases; 1,400 of these deaths are linked to water, sanitation and hygiene. We believe that number should be ZERO. It’s not too late to help stop these preventable deaths.