SCHiran2008-09

Caylee Cunningham Period 0 10-20-08 For xenophobia there are two main objects of the phobia. The first is a population group, usually recent immigrants, present within another population group that is not considered part of that group. However, xenophobia may be directed against a group which has been present for centuries. This form of xenophobia can elicit or facilitate hostile and violent reactions, such as mass expulsion of immigrants, pogroms, or in the worst case, genocide. The second form of xenophobia is cultural elements which are considered alien. All cultures are subject to external influences, but cultural xenophobia is often about languages. It rarely leads to aggression against individual persons, but can result in political campaigns for cultural purification. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, xenophobia attacks have caused the United Nations to intervene and push for the internal partition of Bosnia & Herzegovina into a Serb Republic (Republika Srpska) and a Bosniak-Croat federation (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
 * A Brief Background of the Topic**

The UN has passed the Resolution 62/220. on the 62nd session (26 Feb. 2008). It states that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and will being of their societies, and that any doctrine of racial superiority is scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous and must be rejected, together with theories that attempt to determine the existence of separate human races."
 * UN Involvement:**

Iran condemns xenophobia. We are trying the best we can by condemning it. We believe we can handle our small problems by ourselves. We approve the UN's decisions on xenophobia,
 * Country Policy and Involvement**

We think we must put all our attention on Africa. Xenophobia is at its worst there and we must do the best we can to stop it. South Africans believe the outsiders steal there jobs and that is why they are poor. I think that the UN should set up a station for victims. Also there should be an army there also so none else gets hurt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N07/476/97/PDF/N0747697.pdf?OpenElement http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N07/472/29/PDF/N0747229.pdf?OpenElement http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7377722.stm
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