2: United Nations And The Contemporary Governance Flashcards
The sum of laws, norms, policies and institutions that define, constitute and mediate trans-border relations between states, cultures, citizens, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organization and the market.
Global governance
Rule-based order without government
Global governance
International actors in global governance
StateS, international Organizations, civil society, market (global Corp and industries)
When was the united nations established
1945 after world war ii
Founding members and their current number
Founding members: 51 countries;
Now 193 member states
- Maintain international peace and security
- Develop friendly relations among nations
- Achieve international cooperation in solving global problems
- Promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms
United nations
What was the latest state who joined the united nations
South sudan (africa); 2011
Who are the permanent members (P5)
US, Russia, China, France, UK
Any P5 member can block decisions
Power of Veto
A structure of UN;
- Authorize military action
- Imposed sanctions
- Establish peacekeeping missions
Security council
Structures of the UN;
- Elects non-permanent members of the security council
- Overseas the un budget
- Debates and passes resolutions on global issues
General assembly
Settles disputes between states in accordance with international law
international court of justice (ICJ)
Provides a legal framework for Global governance
International court of justice
What are the united nation’s specialized agencies
WHO, UNESCO, IMF, World Bank, ILO
Meaning of UNESCO
United Nation’s educational, scientific and cultural organization
Meaning of ILO
International Labor Organization
To help countries navigate the difficult path from conflict to peace
UN peacekeeping operations
- A 2030 agenda for global development
- global summits and conferences
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- addressing a problem that goes beyond the capacity of the state
- collect data about the nature of the problem
- idea - mongering (originates and deals in ideas)
Managing Knowledge
Helps to solidify new norm of behavior, often through summit, conferences and international panels and commissions
Developing norms
Every problem has several global institutions working on significant aspects of solution
Institutionalizing ideas
- policy stage : statement of principles and actions that an organization is likely to take in the event of particular contingencies
Formulating recommendations
Key criticism of the united nations
- Inefficiency
- Security council structure
- peacekeeping failures
- funding
Calls for reform of UN
- expand security council
- increase representation for developing countries
