evaluating the UN Flashcards

1
Q

success is to …

A

promote growth and stability

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2
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examples of successes of the UN

A

millennium development goals

UN peace keeping in cote d’ivoire

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3
Q

how many millennium goals

A

8

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4
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millennium goals

1) eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

A

fallen from 1.9bill in 1990 to 836 million 2015

target to reduce by half just missed

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5
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millennium goals

2)achieve universal primary education

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now 91% primary school enrollment

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6
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millennium goals

6) combat HIV, malaria and other diseases

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new HIV infections fallen by 40%

6.2 million malaria deaths averted

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7
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millennium goals

7) ensure environmental sustainability

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2.6 billion gained access to improved drinking water

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8
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UN peace keeping aims (5)

A

end conflict

foster reconciliation

provide basic secruity guarentees

non-use of force apart from self defence

promote national and local ownrship of the peace process in host country

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9
Q

UN peacekeeping Cote D’Ivoire

why needed?

A

lack of state authority

2004 country divided by cival war

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10
Q

UN peacekeeping Cote D’Ivoire

during 2010 presidential crisis how many Ivorians killed? how many became refugees?

A

3000 killed

300 000 refugees

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11
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UN peacekeeping Cote D’Ivoire

how many peecekeepers deployed by 2011?

A

12 000

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12
Q

UN peacekeeping Cote D’Ivoire

political change?

A

two presidential elections 2011

two legislative elections 2016

opposition participated in elections

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13
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UN peacekeeping Cote D’Ivoire

disarmed how many combats?

A

70 000 and intergrated them into society

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14
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UN peacekeeping Cote D’Ivoire

how many refugees returned by 2016?

A

1/4 mill

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15
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UN peacekeeping Cote D’Ivoire

why UN can step down?

A

Ivorian admisistration is now present in 108 local departments

intergrated women in army, genderamerie, police

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16
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UN peacekeeping Cote D’Ivoire

with stability has the fastest growing economy in africa at…

A

9%

17
Q

weakness …

A

exacerbate inequalities

18
Q

examples of weaknesses

A

darfur

fairer trade

19
Q

darfur

why UN sent peacekeepers

A

Sudan’s darfur region has ethnic conflict for 9 years over grazing land

SLA and JEM attacking government target in 2003, accussing Khartoum of oppressing black african in favour of arabs throughout issue

UN learned of 300 000 dead when Sudan gov only estimated 10 000 deaths

20
Q

darfur

unsuccessful as…

A

sudanese gov sabotaged the peace building proccess

international criminal court issued arrest warrent on president for genocide

not enough trade sanctions employed - weapons still flowed into sudan

peace agreement only signed by one rebel group and government

21
Q

fairer trade

issue

A

WTO failed to deliver promised pro-development changes

22
Q

fairer trade

cotton farmers problems

A

$47 billion in subsides paid to HIC farmers in stead of LIC farmers in poverty

5 million farmers forced out of business

23
Q

fairer trade

decision making problems

A

WTO works on concensus

153 countries concensus is nearly impossible