In April 1994 in Rwanda (East Africa) began the genocide of Tutsi - an ethnic minority, which for centuries dominated the Rwandan majority - Hutu. During the 100 days of incredible violence, about 800 000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu were murdered. The international community, unfortunately, didn't respond to this event on time. The conflict was considered as an internal case and the Security Council of the UN didn't decide to intervene. Even though the scale and character of the conflict was well known the United States didn't want to get involved because of a painful experience from its intervention in Somalia in 1993 (the story was presented in the movie Black Hawk Down).
The UN troops arrived in Rwanda when the major fights were over. They assisted only by the burial of deaths and protected the survivors. Today we know that other countries (for example France and China) were selling arms to the Rwandan government.
What could be the response? The international community could prevent the growing hostility and animosity between Hutu and Tutsi already before the genocide. They should have introduced an embargo on arms in order to prevent the escalation of violence. When the conflict had begun, a military intervention should have taken place.
I looked to the National Bureau of Economic Research, who recently published Globalization and Poverty. Here’s what I found out:
Some studies show that globalization has been associated with rising inequality, because the poor do not always share in the gains from trade. An example of this is the coffee trade. Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world, yet most of its growers only make 10% of what it eventually sells for. However, when farmers have access to credit, technical know-how, and social safety nets such as income support, trade can benefit the world’s poor.
The book argues that export growth and incoming foreign investment have proven to reduce poverty. But, at the same time, trade and foreign investment alone are not enough to alleviate poverty. Increasing access to education and credit, as well as improved infrastructure, are necessary in order to see real progress. Echoing that idea, Harrison concludes that globalization can benefit people living in extreme poverty, but only if the appropriate complementary policies and institutions are in place.
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Europe is East of the United States.
Answer: east-west
Explanation: They run east-west and they are supposed to measure the distance between the North and South of the equator
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artistic techniques.
Explanation:
- Mosaics <u>are the images and pieces of art made out of small fragments of stone, glass, or ceramics. </u>They are glued to the background or held together by plaster. They often decorate walls or floors and have been used since ancient times, both in secular and religious art.
- Frescos <u>are wall paintings done in fresh plaster in order to make them one with the wall background</u>. They have also been done since ancient times, and are crucial to the art of Renaissance and Orthodox Christan churches.
- The sculpture <u>is the type of three-dimensional art of craving and modeling the material into the wished piece of art.</u> It is done in various techniques and materials. It can be attached to the wall (relief) or completely free and unattached (free-standing).
<u>Judging by all the descriptions of these three things, we can conclude that they are all different artistic techniques.</u>
