World+Issues

The Environment
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ world/2010/may/30/oil-spills- nigeria-niger-delta-shell

Here is the site that shows how the Nigerian oil field delta dwarfs what's happening in the Gulf of Mexico! How do we prevent this type of environmental injustice?



Health Around the World
http://www.scn.org/ncata/ issue.html

Issue from NCATA describing how much AIDS treatment was costing per person, per year (@$15,000). After more high profile celebrities got involved and the amount of money for R & D increased exponentially, the current cost is less than $350!!

Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was written in 1948, yet still has NOT been ratified by all the world governments to ensure them for their people! http://www.un.org/en/ documents/udhr/

Here is a Wikipedia link that explains what the international human rights should be. Also shows that NOT all countries have signed into it yet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ International_Covenant_on_ Civil_and_Political_Rights

The most disturbing bit of information is that despite the fact that these documents have been written, there is NO established way of enforcing these rights.