Global Governance

Question 1

What is Global Governance?

Answer 1

A collection of governance-related activities, rules, and mechanisms, formal and informal, existing at a variety of levels in the world today.

Question 2

8 Pieces of Global Governance

Answer 2

-International Law
-International norms or Soft law
-International Organizations
-NGOs
-Internal regimes
-Global Conference
-Ad hoc Arrangements
-Private Governance

Question 3

5 Sources of International Law

Answer 3

-Treaties or Conventions
-Customary practices
-The writing of legal scholars
-Judicial Decisions
-General Principles of Law

Question 4

Definition of International Norms or Soft Law

Answer 4

Not a binding legal documents, but rather the standard of behaviors.

Question 5

6 Functions of International Organizations

Answer 5

-Informational
-Forum
-Normative
-Rule-creating
-Rule-supervisory
-Operational

Question 6

What does NGOs provide?

Answer 6

Proving services such as disaster relief, humanitarian aid.

Question 7

Definition of International Regimes

Answer 7

Encompassing rules, norms and principles as well as the practices of actors that show both how their expectations converge and their acceptance of the compliance with rules.

Question 8

6 important global conference

Answer 8

-The summit for children 1990
-Rio earth summit 1992
-4th world conference on women 1995
-Copenhagen conference on Climate Change (COP15)
-Cancun conference on Climate Change (COP16)
-COP17

Question 9

4 group of countries of ad hoc arrangement

Answer 9

-G7
-G8
-G22
-G77

Question 10

Definition of Private Governance

Answer 10

-Is a growing, but little studies phenomenon.

Question 11

Actors in Global Governance

Answer 11

-States
-IGOs
-NGOs
-Experts
-Global Policy Networks
-MNCs

Question 12

Why we need Global Governance

Answer 12

Is needed to cooperate and facilitate international efforts to address common threats and challenges.