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TOPICANDTITLEOFRESEARCH:LandWar
s,hast
heUni
tedNat
ions
repl
acedt
her
oleofGod?

Landisoneofthekeyblessi
ngsofGod; howev er
,ithastur
nedi
ntooneofthe
bi
ggestprobl
emsofhumant oday.Thegeo-poli
ti
calcli
mateoft
heworldtodayhas
l
edtoanunwar rant
edandunpr ecedent
edincreaseinthenumbersofr
efugeesand
i
nter
nall
ydispl
acedpersonsgloball
y.

I
tbegsthequest
ionwhethertheUnitedNati
onsasanorgani
sati
onisguil
tyof
t
ri
ggeri
ngwarsincertai
ncountr
ies.Dotheyneedconst
antwarsinanyareaofthe
wor
ldtokeeptheorgani
sati
ongoing?Couldtheybehel
dresponsibl
eforthesewar
s?

Thegovernmental
andor ganisat
ionalgreedandthi
rstf
ormineral
sandcommodi ti
es
hasal
soledtoseveraldi
splacement sandt hedi
spl
acementofpeoplefrom t
hei
r
l
andrenderi
ngthem Int
ernall
ydisplacedpersonsandbecomingrefugees.

Thist hesi squestiondeser vesscrutinybecauseoft hel osses, bothquant i

tati
veand
non- quant it
ativeder i
v edfrom engagi nginanywar .Whet heri tisa''major'
'or''
non-
maj or '
'war ,t
erri
torialornon- t
erri
torialdati
ngbackt ot hebi blicalyearsfrom today
thet went yfirstcent ury;Thecostsandt helengthoftimei nv olvedinthesewar shave
significantlycontribut edtothecur rentglobalfi
nancial mel tdown.
Ther esultofwar ,forexampl e,i
nt hecont i
nentofAfricaisi ncalcul
ablesoci al
damage, cult
ural,dev astati
ngeconomi canddr amaticsoci al damage.Ithaspr oved
tobei ncrediblydiffi
cul ttohaveanysust ai
nablefoodpr oduct ionordeliveryto
variouswarnat i
onsi nthisconti
nent .

Theinnocentchil
drenofnotjustAf
ri
ca,butothercombatnati
onsaremostl i
kel
yto
experi
encecondemnedl i
ves.Theyarevul
nerableandexposedtotheravagesofli
fe
thatevenadult
sinpeacefulnati
onscannotcopewi t
h,wi
thouthopeofeducati
on,
regul
arfood,accommodat i
on,heal
thandlonglif
eexpectancy
.

Humani nt
ervent
ion,confl
i
ctprevent
ion,chari
ti
es,gover
nmentemer gencyaid
progr
ammeshasr esult
edinbil
li
onsofdol l
arsspentonsev
eralpr
ogr ammes.The
resul
tofsuchlar
gespendi nghashadlit
tleornoimpactatall
increatingalong-
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ngchangeint hel
ivesofthewarvi
cti
ms.Refugeewarcampsar enowa
permanentsourceofaccommodat i
onformostofthesevi
cti
ms.Thesecampsare
theonl
ysourceofcommuni tytheyhav
ealbei
t,wel
lbelowthebasi
cstandar
dof
l
ivi
ng,i
.e.Li
beri
a,SudanandSomal i
a.

Theowner shi
pofl andistheul t
imater
ewar dorblessingthatGodcanbest owupon
anyman, family,
nationortri
be.Inthedistri
buti
onoflandaccor di
ngtothest udyof
Exodus,Levit
icusandot herbibl
echapters;Godwassy st
emat ic,pur
posefuland
str
uctur
edast owhichnat i
oninheri
tst
hel andassignedtot hem; basedont heirski
l
ls,
gi
fti
ng,t
emper amentandt heprovi
denceofGod.I naddi t
iontot hedivi
sionofland,
nati
onbynat i
on, Godalsoat t
achedtothel andcondit
ionswhi chmustbef ul
fil
ledto
conti
nuethepeaceabl eenjoymentofthel and

Godmeansev erywor dthathesay sint heBibl

eandasHei snotaGodt hatchanges
tomeett hehumanst andardorchangesi npol i
ti
cal
, soci
al,envir
onment alor
phy si
ol ogicalarena.Thepar adigm shiftofthewor l
dt ogetherawayf rom bibli
cal
principlesandl awshasr esultedinwar s,povert
y,globalmel t
down, diseases,lossof
visionandhopef ort
hemassesal laroundt hewor l
d.Secularizat
ion,l
iberal
ism,
capi t
alism, poli
tics,r
eli
gion,raceandi ncreaseinterrori
sm act i
vi
tieshaveal l
played
theirconsi derablepartinthebr eakdownoff undament albibl
icalpri
ncipl
es,thus
resultingi ncontinuouslandwar s.

Contextoft
hewor k
Igai
nedmyr esear
chexper
iencewhil
ewri
ti
ngformyMaster
sofLawThesi
sat
Univ
ersit
yofLondonQueenMar yandWest
fi
eldcol
l
ege.

Theresear
chwasbasedonwhetherEUlawsandf
indingsofVanGendenLoos[1963]
ECJcasewasdi
rect
lyori
ndi
rect
lyappl
i
cablet
oseveralest
abl
ishedUnit
edKi ngdom
l
aw.

Thekeymet hod(s)Iwillbeusingtoaddr esst hisresearchtopicwil

l bether eadi
ngof
texts,resear
chstudies.Analysingstatistical fi
ndingsandanswer i
ngr esearch
quest i
onsbyal waysgoingbackt ot hebi bl i
cal foundati
ons,laws,precepts,
regulationsandwarningslaidoutint hebi ble.Myf ocuswi l
lalsospant hehi stor
ical
,
l
iterary,soci
ologi
calanddoct ri
naloft hebi bleandt hetextschosent oaidthe
research.Thisisthebestandmostappr opr iatemet hodofrespondingt othet opic
andt hequest i
onsraisedbyther esear chst udy.

Adetail
edresearchoft
heold/newt estamentofGod’ sbibli
cali
ntenti
ons,plansand
pur
posesast helandoftheworldwasal located.Iwil
lresear
chfurtherusi
ngmi ssi
on
hi
stor
ies,Chri
sti
anandMuslim studies,hist
oricalt
heologi
esandIwi llbebuil
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hefoundi
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oftheworl
dpeaceconceptandaNobel Pri
zewinnerwhil
ehewaswor ki
ngwit
hthe
Unit
edNationsandtheUnitedNat
ionsSecuri
tyCounci
l
’swarfi
ndi
ngs.

Thepastandpresentwar
s/conf
li
ctsi
nEurope,
USA,
Afr
icaandt
heMi
ddl
eEastwi
l
l
becompared,
andt hei
rout
comescontrast
ed.

Keyr
esearchquesti
ons
I
stheUni
tedNationsresponsi
blef
ort
hei
ncr
easednumber
sofgl
obal
war
s?

I
stheUnit
edNati
onsresponsi
blef
ort
hei
ncr
easednumber
sofr
efugeesand
i
nter
nal
l
ydispl
acedpersons?

I
stheUni
tedNat
ionsasi
ndependentofpol
i
ticsandbusi
nesssur
viv
alasi
tcl
aims?

IstheUni
tedNat
ionsai
dingandabet
ti
ngglobaloil
andcommodi
ti
esgi
ant
sto
achiev
ethei
rai
msi noi
landminer
alr
ichcountr
ies?

Arewemi ssingoutonthebl
essi
ngswhenwedonotf
oll
owt
hepr
inci
plesl
aidouti
n
thebi
bleattachedtot
helandgiv
en?

Ar
eweexpect
ingGodt
ochangef
orus?

Hav
ewel
eftGodoutoft
hesol
uti
onsofhumanpr
obl
ems?

Hast
heUni
tedNat
ionsSecur
it
yCounci
ltakenont
her
oleofGod?

I
stheUnitedNat
ionsSecuri
tyCounci
lmerelybr
ingi
ngbi
bli
cal
pri
nci
plesbackt
othe
f
oref
rontandmakingitanagendafornat
ions?

DoweneedtheUni
tedNat
ionsSecur
it
yCounci
lordot
henat
ionsneedt
ogobackt
o
t
hechur
chandthei
rGod?

Whatar
ether
easonsf
orl
andwar
s?

I
stheconceptofwor
ldpeace,
real
orunr
eal
i
sti
c?

Whatar
etheef
fect
sofwar
sonnat
ions,
fami
l
iesandi
ndi
vi
dual
s?

I
stheUnit
edNati
onaGodor
dai
nedor
gani
sat
ionoraman-
madeat
temptat
r
eplaci
ngGod?

Resear
chmet
hods

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egulati
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thebible.Myfocuswi llalsospanthehistori
cal,l
it
erary
,soci
ologi
calanddoctr
inalof
thebibleandt hetextschosent oaidtheresearch.

Thisi
sthebestandmostappr
opri
atemet
hodofr
espondi
ngt
othet
opi
candt
he
quest
ionsr
aisedbyt
heresear
chstudy
.

Out
come(
s)andcont
ri
but
ion

Bytheendoft hi
spr oject,
Iwoul dexpectt
ohav ehighli
ghtedtheimpactand
purposesoftheUnitedNat ions.Drawacontrastbetweent heworksoft heUnit
ed
Nationsandbibli
calprinci
ples.Ihopetohaveanswer edthequest i
onast owhether
thehumanbei nghaspl acedt oomuchconf i
denceinhumanor ganisat
ionsrat
her
thanretur
ningtotheirGod.

Thef i
ndingsaret
oaidthewor kscur
rent
lybeingdonebytheUni
tedNati
onst
o
faci
li
tatechangeandreassessmentofit
sspending,r
ulesandr
egul
ati
onsandto
reassesshowef f
ect
ivetheyareasanorganisat
ion.

Thecontri
but
ionIhopemywor kwil
lachiev
eistodrawpeoplebacktoGod.Al
low
peoplet
oreal
isethathumanorgani
sati
onsandinsti
tut
ionsarenotper
manent
;
whereasGodandHi swords,
Hiswaysandpr i
nci
plesarefor
ever.

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