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This list of global issues presents problems or phenomena affecting people around the world, including but not limited to widespread social issues, economic issues, and environmental issues. Organizations that maintain or have published an official list of global issues include the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum.
A UN-mediated ceasefire put a halt to the conflict in January 1949. The UN resolution called for both the countries to demilitarise the region, following which a plebiscite would be held. However, no demilitarisation plan acceptable to both the countries could be agreed. The countries fought two further wars in 1965 and 1971.
This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. The criteria of inclusion are the following: Armed conflicts consist in the use of armed force between two or more organized armed groups, governmental or non-governmental. [ 1 ]
At the annual meeting of world leaders last year, the U.N. chief sounded a global alarm about the survival of humanity and the planet. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ assessment, delivered ...
The Latin term bellum civile, meaning in English, civil war, was used to describe wars within a single community beginning around 60 A.D.The term is an alternative title for the work sometimes called Pharsalia by Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) about the Roman civil wars that began in the last third of the second century BC. [2]
Pages in category "Global issues" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. ... Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential;
The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently published its annual Global Competitiveness Report, which looks at dozens of measures of economic and institutional health to compile a ranking of countries.
Timeline of national independence – List of countries by year of independence; Geopolitics – Study of geography's effects on politics; List of administrative division name changes; List of city name changes; List of national border changes (1914–present) – List of changes in national borders between nations since 1914