Self-directed violenceSelf-directed violence includes acts of self-abuse (such as self-mutilation) and suicidial behaviour (thoughts and attempts). |
Structural violenceStructural violence refers to socio-economic and political processes which violate basic human needs (J. Galtung). |
United Nations General AssemblyFrom the UN website: established in 1945 under the Charter of the United Nations, the General Assembly occupies a central position as the chief deliberative, policy-making and representative organ of the United Nations. Comprising all 192 Members of the United Nations, it provides a forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter. It also plays a significant role in the process of standard-setting and the codification of international law. The Assembly meets in regular session intensively from September to December each year, and thereafter as required. |
Vietnam warThe Vietnam war might best be seen as part of the cold war and anti-colonial battles which convulsed south-east Asia in the period after second world war. After the defeat of Vietnam’s French colonisers by American interference in Vietnam led to armed conflict with the communist-ruled North throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The war extended to neighbouring countries. The war ended in 1975 when American troops were expelled from the southern Vietnamese city of Saigon. Around 50,000 American soldiers had died; Vietnamese dead are estimated at one million. |
ViolenceUnnecessary insult of basic human needs (J. Galtung). |
Violent conflictThe use of physical and psychological force or power to ‘solve’ a conflict. |
WarExtreme form of violence. Used as a means to solve conflicts between nation states, or between groups within a nation state (civil war). |