United Nations and Peacekeeping
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Sadly, there are many conflicts going on in the world today. This is why peacekeeping is so important. Look at the map of the countries of the
world. Can you identify any areas where there is currently a conflict? Color in conflict areas/countries and label the countries involved.
United Nations and Human Rights
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Sadly, there are many examples of human rights violations in the world today. This is why the United Nations and organizations such as Amnesty
International are so important. Can you identify any areas where human rights violations have been questioned? Color in the area/countries and
label the countries involved.
Human Rights Violations: By the Numbers
*40 Million children below the age of 15 suffer from abuse and neglect.
*Every city with a population greater than 250,000 reports gang activity.
* Approximately 27 million people are currently enslaved in the human
trafficking trade around the world.
* More than 300,000 children under the age of 18 are being exploited as child
soldiers in armed conflicts worldwide.
* Even though 2/3 of the world has abolished the death penalty, 1,591 people
were knowingly executed in 2006 alone. The real figures of executions are
likely much higher, 91% of these penalties took place in China, Iran, Pakistan,
Iraq, Sudan, and the U.S.
*Armed conflict has killed 2 million children, disabled 4 to 5 million, left 12 million
homeless, and orphaned more than 1 million in the past decade.
* There are approximately 246 million child laborers worldwide.
Choose one alleged human rights violation that you have highlighted on your map. Please provide details of the human rights violations and
what has been the UN response.
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United Nations and Disaster Relief
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Sadly, there are many examples of natural disasters in the world today. This is why the United Nations and organizations such as the Red Cross are
so important. Can you identify any areas where natural disasters have occurred in recent years? Color in the area/countries and label the countries
involved.
Natural Disasters: By the Numbers
* Every year over 25.8 million people are affected by a natural disaster across the
world.
* Avalanches travel at speeds of over 200 miles per hour. In 1962 in Peru, several
tons of ice and snow slid down Huascaran Peak in the Andes Mountains and killed
over 4000 people.
* On December 26, 2004 a tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake
caused the most devastating tsunami in history killing over 226,000 people in
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and the Maldives. In addition, millions of
others were displaced.
* Floods are the number one deadly disaster in the United States accounting for
over 46 percent of disaster related deaths according to disaster facts.
* Earthquakes are not generally killers according to disaster facts. The events
afterwards are the cause of death including buildings collapsing, tsunamis and
volcanoes.
* Up to 10,000 people die a year as a result of an earthquake.
* Nearly 90 percent of all volcanoes are in the “Ring of Fire,” a group of volcanoes
that circle the Pacific Ocean.
* The deadliest Western Hemisphere hurricane on record was in Barbados, West
Indies in 1780. It killed nearly 22,000 people and completely devastated Barbados,
Martinique and St. Eustatius.
Choose one natural disaster that you have highlighted on your map. Please provide details of the natural disaster and what has been the
response by the United Nations.
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