Intergovernmental Organizations

Question 1

What are intergovernmental organizations?

Answer 1

Formal mechanism in which sovereign countries develop policies and mechanisms for cooperation across national borders

Question 2

Where do intergovernmental organizations usually organize?

Answer 2

Across geographic regions or on global scales

Question 3

True or False: intergovernemental organizations are governments and can make laws, interfere with sovereign rights, or enforce agreements.

Answer 3

False, they are not governments

Question 4

What is the standing of intergovernmental organizations?

Answer 4

To create a forum to promote compliance with agreed upon rules and policies and develop principles and programs that support intergovernment cooperation and dispute resolution

Question 5

What are the 5 principle organizations for issues and policies related to animal health, food security, public health, global trade, and development?

Answer 5

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of UN
The World Organization for Animal Heath (OIE)
The World Health Organization (WHO)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
World Bank

Question 6

How many sovereign states are currently in the UN?

Answer 6

193

Question 7

When did the UN come into existence?

Answer 7

After the ratification of the United Nations Charter by the 5 permanent members of the United Nations Security Council

Question 8

What are the 5 permanent members of the United Nations Security Council?

Answer 8

Republic of China
France
Soviet Union
UK
US

Question 9

What are some examples of specialized UN agencies?

Answer 9

FAO
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Bank
WHO

Question 10

What are FAO and WHO?

Answer 10

UN organizations and a subset of the UN membership

Question 11

How many members are in the FAO?

Answer 11

191 member countries + 2 associate members + EU

Question 12

Where is the FAO headquarters?

Answer 12

Rome

Question 13

What are millennium Development goals of FAO?

Answer 13

Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education*
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality*
Improve maternal health*
Combat HIV/AIDS* and other diseases
Ensure environmental sustainability
Global partnership for development

Question 14

Is the OIE a UN organization?

Answer 14

No, but it is a country member goverened through commercial and independent interest froups

Question 15

What is the country’s delegate to the OIE called?

Answer 15

Chief Veterinary Officer

Question 16

Is WTO a UN organization?

Answer 16

No, but it is nation member governed

Question 17

What does WTO have a role in?

Answer 17

Mediating disputed among member nations on violation of these trade agreements

Question 18

What does WTO partner with? What do they do?

Answer 18

FAO and OIE

Establish the riles for trade in agricultural products (Sanitary Phytosanitary Standards)

Question 19

What organizations develop the standards for animal health, plant health, and food?

Answer 19

OIE, FAO Secretariat of the international plant proteciton convention, and FAO/WHO, repectively

Question 20

What is the world bank an observer to?

Answer 20

United Nations Development Group

Question 21

What makes up the World Bank Group?

Answer 21

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

Question 22

What does World Bank generally refer to?

Answer 22

Just the IBRD and IDA

Question 23

What is the United Nations Development Group?

Answer 23

A consortium of 32 UN agencies and groups, plus 5 observers working on various and/or similar development issues from the UNDP to ILO

Question 24

What did UNDG result from?

Answer 24

UN reform created by the secretary general of the UN in 1997

Question 25

What is the world bank a source of?

Answer 25

Financial and technical assistance to >100 developing countries around the world

Question 26

Who is the president of the World Bank?

Answer 26

A US citizen nominated by POTUS for a 5 year renewable term