Global governance and the UN, rise of China, human rights, water crisis and pollution

Question 1

Who are the 5 permanent members of the security council?

Answer 1

China, France, Russia fed, the UK and the USA

Question 2

How did the security council fail in Rwanda?

Answer 2

The genocide in 1994
up to 1,000,000 people mostlt tutsi were slaughtered by members of the Hutu majority
The security council did not intervene

Question 3

How did the security council fail with Israels occupation with Palestine?

Answer 3

The UN has failed to stop the conflict and to cease Israels expansion through settlements and to provide a viable two state solution

Question 4

What is the oil for food programme?

Answer 4

established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986)[1] was established to allow Iraq to sell oil on the world market in exchange for food, medicine, and other humanitarian needs for ordinary Iraqi citizens without allowing Iraq to boost its military capabilities.

Question 5

How much was the O4F programme?

Answer 5

$60 billion

Question 6

What did the Volcker investigation find?

Answer 6

Found that 2.253 firms from all over the world had made illegal payments worth $1.8 billion to the Saddam regime

Question 7

How many people does the UN provide food for?

Answer 7

90 million in 75 countries

Question 8

How many of the worlds children does the UN vaccinate?

Answer 8

50% and saves 2/5 million lives a year

Question 9

How many refugees does the UN assist?

Answer 9

34 million

Question 10

How many peacekeepers does the UN keep peace with?

Answer 10

120,000 in 16 operations on 4 continents

Question 11

UN on Smallpox

Answer 11

1959: 2,000,000 cases
1980: Eradicated after global vaccination campaign

Question 12

UN on Poliomyelitis

Answer 12

1988: 350,000
2012: 223 cases

Question 13

UN ozone layer hole

Answer 13

1970s: several states respond to public campaigns and science by regulating chlorofluorocarbons (CFCS)
1987: Montreal Protocol
1989: EEC bans CFC’S
1990: Global target of eliminating them by 2000
2050: Predicted that the ozone hole could return to its normal state

Question 14

UN on Poverty

Answer 14

1990 ——2010

700,000,000 fewer people in less than $1.25 a day

Question 15

UN on child mortality

Answer 15

1990: 87 deaths per 1,000 live births
2011: 51 deaths per 1,000 live births

Question 16

What are some challenges for the UN?

Answer 16

Underfunded, the total UN budget is $30 billion a year
Understaffed- 85,000 staff
Peacekeepers 121,000

Question 17

UN reform

Answer 17

• The veto obstructs action
• UK and France are not major powers anymore
• The UN doesn’t represent Latin america, Africa (where there is a lot of UN activity) and India where there is 1 billion people and biggest democracy and emerging economy , Japan and Germany

Question 18

But why would more permanent members be bad?

Answer 18

It was paralyse the SC and encourage countries to use force and make it irrelevant

Question 19

What is R2P?

Answer 19

Responsibility to protect: a global political commitment which was endorsed by all member states of the United nations, in order to prevent genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity

Question 20

What is ICISS?

Answer 20

The six criteria for military intervention (i) just cause, (ii) right intention, (iii) final resort, (iv), legitimate authority, (V) proportionate means (vi) reasonable prospect