Describe the role and impact of three international organizations in the 20th century?

Answer 1

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a. CARE International is a large humanitarian International nongovernmental organization that is committed to fighting poverty. They take a special interest in empowering poor women because "women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty".

i. Strengthening capacity for self-help

ii. Providing economic opportunity

iii. Delivering relief in emergencies

iv. Influencing policy decisions at all levels

v. Addressing discrimination in all its forms

b. Amnesty International is an INGO that is dedicated to the promotion and protection of internationally regarded human rights as declared in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Their goals are to:

i. Stop violence against women

ii. Defend the rights and dignity of those trapped in poverty

iii. Abolish the death penalty

iv. Oppose torture and combat terror with justice

v. Free prisoners of conscience

vi. Protect the rights of refugees and migrants

vii. Regulate the global arms trade

c. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue