Britain and the United Nations

Britain and the United States: Two Nations Divided by the Same Language (and Different Language Ideologies)

This article examines popular beliefs about language in Britain and the United States within a language ideology framework. With particular reference to Silverstein's discussion of second-order indexicality, it argues that language varieties in Britain and the United States are differently ideologized in such a way as to foreground social class groups in Britain and ethnic groups in the United ...

according to the law and practices of the united nations

according to the article 4(1) of the charter of the united nations four conditions (stateness, peace-loving, acceptance of the obligations in the charters obligation) should be maintained for the admission of the new members. despite the express enunciation of these conditions and the confirmation of those conditions by the international court of justice (icj) in his advisory opinion on “the co...

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization United Nations

Termites are the most important soil fauna in the Sahelian zone of Africa, intensely interacting with the soil. Both the biotic and abiotic state of the soil affect the termite population and activity. The construction by termites of nests, gallery systems or sheetings from soil or from a mixture of soil and other material within the soil horizons or on the soil surface affect the physical and ...

United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme

united nations convention against corruption

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