HR100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Restorative Justice, American Exceptionalism, Nationstates

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About 60% of the exam will focus on new material, 40% will consist of review, i. e. questions that appeared on test 1 and test 2. Hr100br2 final exam review: promoting human rights from the top down. The un is an international organisation of sovereign states, containing nearly every country in the world. Only independent states may become members of the un. It was created in the wake of world war ii in 1945, 51 states (including the uk) signed the. Un charter, and became the founding members of the un. Because of the end of colonialism and the break-up of countries such as the ussr and yugoslavia, the number of independent countries grew. The mission and work of the united nations are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding charter. The un also provides a forum for its members to express their views in the general assembly, the security.