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into a damage and chaotic country. This resulted into how there are many citizens choose to seek for the asylum from the
neighbourhood countries. Another ongoing war still happens between Israel and
Palestine. Luckily even if the resolution has been voted by the US for many times, Palestine’s flag can finally be put in the UN office
in 2015. It shows that Palestine has been acknowledged by the UN as an official country and official member of the UN. Thus the UN
can give any measures to help the conflicting parties in the war in which this is considered as a good move from the UN in creating
and maintaining the peace in the world. 2
Economy
The world is facing the economic problem such as poverty, gap of prosperity, unsustainable development, unfair trade and the
increasing of immobilizing foreign debt. In finding the resolution for that problems, the UN urges the adoption of macroeconomic
policies that address current imbalances between the North and South.
The UN also established some sub-organizations such as the UNDP United Nations Development Programme, the UNDAF
United Nations Development Assistance Framework, the UNCDF United Nations Capital Development Fund and so forth
to provide sound policy advice and to help to generate the equitable
economic growth especially in the developing countries. It also provides the development and sustainability loan through World
Bank and its sub-organizations such as the IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the IDA The
International Development Association, the IMF International
Monetary Fund and so forth. 3
Socio-Culture
The world is facing the new change of civilization right now. It is not only proven with numbers of authoritarian countries which
have changed into a democratic countries but also proven with the existence of the pop-culture. This pop-culture is the culture of
citizens who are considered as modern citizens. The development of the technology and life style causes the change in the people’s
ideology and behaviour. For instance people now choose to be more active in talking through social media than in the direct face-
to-face conversations. The new culture like free sex, hook-up, and ignorance as the new life style has been becoming the culture of
our youths. The problem about this culture is not about the change but
rather it is more about how this culture is mostly opposed by the conventional society. The world is no longer safe since the people
are easily offended by other’s people actions which actually do not bring any significant impact to them. For example if someone
executes one of the values of the pop-culture, it does not necessarily mean that they break the values that are believed by the
conventional people. However, people ’s responses are random and
uncontrollable. At the extreme case this intolerance can bring them into a conflict and disintegration.
4 Education
Education is currently becoming the main problem in some countries in the world. This is where poverty comes from.
Therefore, the UN programmes have shown some progress in enrolling the children in the primary schools. Based on UN Facts
2012, in 2008 primary school enrolment had increased to 89 per cent in the developing world. The progress was also reported in
Southern Asia and Northern Africa, where enrolment increased by
11 and 8 percentage points, respectively, over the last decade. 5
Gender
The gender gap in the out-of-school population is decreasing which was based on the UN Facts 2012. It was proven with the
share of girls in that group decreasing from 57 per cent to 53 per cent globally between 1999 and 2008. However, the share was
much larger in some regions, such as Northern Africa, where 66 per cent of out-of-school children are girl. Sadly, the focus of
gender equality only to the extent of how women are empowered through the education means but not broadly to the extent of how
women are given the same freedom as men in expressing themselves, in executing the full self-determination, and in
achieving whatever they want to achieve even if it is perceived as
the man-stuff. B.
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson 1.
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Figure 1: Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born on April 15, 1990, in Paris. Her parents are both British lawyers. Sadly her parents divorced
when she was 5 years old. After the divorce her mother brought Emma and her brother to Oxfordshire in England. Hermione Granger, Harry
Potters smart, bossy best friend and voice of reason in the Harry Potter film franchise was her first debut in acting. She becomes a popular adult
model and actress since then. Emma attended the Stagecoach Theatre Arts School at Oxford. She
studied singing, acting and dancing. Emma took her schooling quite seriously. She attended the Dragon School, a premier preparatory school
in Oxford, England in 2001. From 2001-2006, she attended the equally prestigious Headington School for girls.
Not only did she attend top schools, but Emma also earned top marks in her schools. She consistently achieved grades in the A category, and
has done quite well on her exams too. She received two A marks on her GCSEs, which are a series of tests English students to gain entrance to
institutions of higher education. She attended Brown University and graduated with cum laude title.
Sports activities such as field hockey, netball, and tennis are her favourite. She enjoys recreational skiing and dancing, and competes
regularly in dance competitions. This activities help her to have an athletic body. Her youngest fans see Emma as a role model because she
is considered quite approachable, friendly and easy to relate to. Therefore, it is not surprising that Emma easily gets many friends
around her. Meanwhile, her adults fans see her as a person with a strong determination because she finally can make the cut for top-earning,
sexiest, and most popular celebrities in Forbes and Empire magazines. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Under-Secretary-General and
Executive Director of UN Women,
The Reuters, ep 23 September 2014
believed that the engagement of young people is critical for the advancement of gender equality in the 21
st
century, and she was convinced that Emma’s intellect and passion will enable UN Women’s
messages to reach the hearts and minds of young people globally.
Therefore, Emma Watson is pointed as the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador in 2014.