Together with other hybrid of international agencies, national governments and voluntary international nongovernmental organizations, the UNHCR has positioned itself to fulfil its mandate and obligations to refugees in spite of all odds. ... But these religious persecutions gradually faded as most people in Europe became more politically sensitive with strong political affiliations and tenacious resistance to their new revolutionary style governments. These revolutionary style governments were seen in countries like France, Germany, Poland and Russia. ... State sovereignty became for the fir...

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History Coursework - World War One 1) Sources A, B and C are war recruitment posters published by various governments with the aim of influencing more people to volunteer for armed service in the war. ... Source C, however, is a much later source, as can be determined from the approach it uses to "persuade" people to enlist, preventing the "mad brute (of) militarism", in this case, a raving gorilla, that represents Germany, from reaching out from Europe (bottom-centre, right) which has been decimated, to the shores of "America" (bottom, centre). ... The earlier sources provoke Victor...

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Factors including the U.S. government's policy mechanisms, it's bureaucracy and public opinion, coupled with the narrow domestic political mindedness of President Roosevelt, lead us to ask; Why was the American government apathetic to the point of culpability, and isolationist to the point of irresponsibility, with respect to the systematic persecution and annihilation of the Jewish people of Europe during the period between 1938-1945? ... Persecution of the Jews in Germany began officially on April 1st 1933. ... The mistreatment of non-Aryans in Germany was common knowled...

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It also links to the structure of Napoleon's government as prefects which were head of independent departments were often friends of Napoleon and were appointed by the First Consul because of Napoleon's confidence in them completing their job to the best of their ability through their loyalty to Napoleon, which is why Napoleon is likely to have appointed family members and friends such as Murat in high positions. ... This trend is also followed in countries such as Holland, Poland, Italy and Germany with these countries gaining more centralized power, allowing for more stable governm...

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The United States, taking the dominant role, set forth in the Moscow Declaration of 1943 methods to deal with the punishment of Germany. ... One of the first attempts at organizing a system of arbitration to deal with war crimes was The Hague Convention of 1907, which was signed by multiple countries, including Germany, The United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia. ... By its invasion of neighboring sovereign states and by its treatment of civilian populations, both within Germany and the occupied territories, it was abundantly clear that Germany was in violation of both these signed t...

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After January 1994, the second stage began with the creation of the European Monetary Institute or EMI in Frankfurt, Germany. ... A government deficit that is not "excessive", or a government deficit that doesn't exceed 3 percent of yearly gross domestic product, and the value of outstanding government debt doesn't exceed 60 percent of yearly gross domestic product. ... They counted a current pension fund surplus as government income, thus reducing the calculated government deficit. ... Nevertheless, this event didn't matter, since both France and Germany are obligatory in the...

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Thoughts of social equity joined with government by accord and pride in flexibility frame the European Idea. ... It is contradicted to the thought of government by one man or as today in the USA of government by a world class. ... Europeans have known degenerate and tyrannical government however they have a place somewhere else. ... The recorded battle has on occasion brought about more weight to social projects - at different times, to oppression as happened in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. ... Today Europeans are cutting social projects as no tyrant, conservative Mexican government could e...

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Indeed, this movement particularly, across international borders that people invented, has become an important policy issue for the governments all over the world because it affects the lives of people in many areas. ... These included a small number of German prisoners of war, a large number of refugees from the communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the soviet union (130,00uprising poles arrived the first few years after the war and 14,000 Hungarians after the failure of the 1956 uprising in Hungary), substantial numbers of Irish and Italian laborers, and a wide variety of displaced person...

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Stronger governments have had more choice than weaker governments concerning their response to global pressures for more international and less regulated economic activities. Even the weakest government, however, has had some room for manoeuvre. ... For example, a car could be designed in Germany, the car's silicon chips made in South Korea and the assembly of larger electronic components done in Malaysia, mechanical parts made in Mexico, the main car assembly done in Eastern Europe and the marketing, distribution and retail responsibilities going back to Germany. ... Furthermore, governm...

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History 185 Test #2 04-01-03 The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the era that paved the way for the creation of our modern day governments and societies, was an era of political and social revolutions. ... Louis XVI was unable to collect the revenues necessary to maintain the French Government and pay off its war debts. ... The final stage of the French Revolution occurred when the bourgeois failed at government and their republic floundered. ...

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In the accompanying era, the Florentine chancellor Colucio Salutati (1331 "1406) helped transform traditional style from an abstract development into a capable device for molding governmental issues and society on the Italian promontory. ... On the off chance that Italians assumed the lead part in the restoration of times long past in the fourteenth and fifteenth hundreds of years, in the sixteenth century that part was expected by northern Europe, where formal style especially prospered among researchers in France, Germany, Switzerland, and England. ...

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The importance of securing natural energy resources is taking center stage in the European Union's (EU) future plans. Turkey, a candidate for a full membership to EU, is located close to 70% of the world's oil and gas reserves. Due to it's proximity to these important resources, Turkey is in a perfect position to host a large pipeline (Nabucco Gas Pipeline) that will carry gas from the Caspian Sea to the Middle East. This would give all the countries involved a necessary alternative to the Russian supply routes - and it would become the fourth most dynamic energy corridor for Eu...

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