1. Global Concerns and the Cold War
What issues do we face in a post-WWII era?

2. Fight for Independence in a Cold War Climate
New nations emerged in a world dominated and divided by the Cold War.
Each of the superpowers, (US and Soviet Union) wanted new countries to adopt its ideology, or system of thought or belief
capitalism OR socialism

3. The Great Liberation and the Cold War, 1945 – 1990

4. How Did New Nations Seek Stability?1
How Did New Nations Seek Stability?
After winning independence, new nations had high hopes for the future. Still, they faced immense problems.
New nations wrote constitutions modeled on western democracies.
Most were unable to sustain democratic rule.
As problems multiplied, military or authoritarian leaders often took control. They imposed order by building one-party dictatorships.
Despite setbacks, in the 1980s and 1990s democracy did make progress in some African, Asian, and Latin American nations.

5. The Role of World Organizations-UN
International organizations deal with issues of global concern.
The UN was set up as a forum for settling world disputes. Its responsibilities have expanded greatly since UN agencies provide services for millions of people worldwide.

6. Global Issues Many issues pose a challenge to world peace.
DEADLY WEAPONS
HUMAN RIGHTS
Since the United States exploded two atomic bombs in 1945, nations
have poured resources into
building nuclear weapons.
Human rights include “the right to life, liberty, and security of person.” Human rights abuses, including torture and arbitrary arrest, occur around the world.
THE QUESTION OF INTERVENTION
TERRORISM
Does the world community have a
duty to step in to end human rights
abuses? How can it intervene when
the UN Charter forbids any action
that violates the independence of a
member nation?
Since the 1960s, incidents of terrorism have increased around the world.

7. The Fight for Human Rights: Background on the UDHR
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, was adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10th 1948, was the result of the experience of the Second World War.
International community vowed never again to allow atrocities like those of that conflict happen again. 
At a time when the world was divided into Eastern and Western blocks, finding a common ground on what should be included was difficult
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is generally agreed to be the foundation of international human rights law.
in the forms of treaties, customary international law, general principles, regional agreements and domestic law, through which human rights are expressed and guaranteed

8. "The time has come... when we must recognize that our mutual devotion to our own land must never blind us to the good of all lands and of all peoples. In the end... we are "One World" and that which injures any one of us, injures all of us. Only by remembering this will we finally have a chance to build a lasting peace.“- Eleanor Roosevelt

9. Task Read Through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
After reviewing the thirty articles that make up the UDHR, categorize them into three categories-
Which you think are easier to secure?
Which are the most challenging to secure?
Have any of these rights been secured?
In all of the world?
In just the westernized world?