Fidel Castro took over Cuba in the year of 1959. This happened after he led a revolution against the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista who was overthrown. Castro than created the first communist country in the Western Hemisphere, and while gaining multiple friends with this move, with the likes of USSR, China, Yugoslavia, North Korea, Iran, he also made a huge enemy in the United States which were not happy at all to have a country that is an ally with their arch enemy, the USSR. He ruled the country for 49 years, until 2008, when handed the leadership to his brother Raul Castro.
<em>The United Nations also should move more quickly to wind down operations that have outlived their usefulness, improve mission assessment and planning, shorten the time it takes to deploy personnel and assets to the field, and ensure the safety and security of UN mission personnel, including through adequate medical. </em>
<em>These reforms have encompassed a variety of issues, including restructuring the permanent membership of the UN Security Council (UNSC), increasing UN secretariat transparency, accountability and efficiency, financial reform, and calling for diversity and democracy through the implementation of representative voting.</em>
<em>Repositioning the UN development system so that it is best able to make progress on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. </em>
<em>Pursuing management reform that simplifies processes, and works toward gender parity streamlines human resources procedures.</em>
