International Organization [UN] Flashcards
What is the coffee club?
Under the leadership of Italy, countries that strongly oppose the G4 countries’ bids have formed the Uniting for Consensus movement, or the Coffee Club, composed mainly of regional powers that oppose the rise of some nearby country to permanent member status.
Who and what are G4 nations? (Hint: UNSC)
The G4 nations comprising Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan are four countries which support each other’s bids for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council.
What is the responsibility to protect (R2P)?
A major summit of world leaders in 2005 enshrined the concept of R2P, which holds that governments worldwide must act to save civilians from genocide or crimes against humanity allowed by their own governments.
Has R2P had an impact on IR?
Yes, led to the protection of the Libyan people and later the Syrians.
What does chapter 7 of the UN charter state?
Sets out the UN Security Council’s powers to maintain peace. It allows the Council to “determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression” and to take military and nonmilitary action to “restore international peace and security”
What is the significance of chapter 7 of the UN charter?
The UN Charter’s prohibition of member states of the UN attacking other UN member states is central to the purpose for which the UN was founded in the wake of the destruction of World War II: to prevent war.
Give an example of UN chapter 7 in action
This overriding concern is also reflected in the Nuremberg Trials’ concept of a crime against peace “starting or waging a war against the territorial integrity, political independence or sovereignty of a state, or in violation of international treaties or agreements…” (crime against peace), which was held to be the crime that makes all war crimes possible.
