UN Global Governance Flashcards
What
first post-war IGO to be established
aim= to maintain international peace
and security
major role in global governance and
peacekeeping, with 193 global
members
Organisation governing different issues
General Assembly=All 193 members part of it (organisation of universal
representation) ,aim= discuss and debate issues of peace and security
Security Council= consists of 15 members, solves threats to peace by having each
member vote, can deliver economic sanctions and other means to resolve issues.
International Court of Justice= settles legal disputes and international law breaks
that are submitted by member states, aims to maintain peace between states, and
to offer legal advice.
UNESCO: Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation= aim is to maintain
peace through education, science, and culture and stand up for the freedom
expression.
Peacekeeping
aims to bring peace to places of disruption and post-conflict. UN’speacekeeping
forces are sent into areas of instability, with the aim to restore stability and order
How it effectively promotes growth and stability
UN punishes countries that do not abide by international laws e.g. imposed
several sanctions against Iran to deter Iran’s use of nuclear enrichment and
reprocessing)
-promotes economic, social and environmental growth through the creation
of international treaties and goals. (e.g. UN’s Millennium Development Goals
and Sustainable Development Goals that aim to globally improve quality of
life, targeting literacy rates, poverty, famine, and other global issues)
-creates policies and legislation to protect social rights. (e.g. Declaration of
Human Rights adopted by the UN General Assembly, and it now protects
billions of people living in countries in which the declaration is ratified in,
International Court of Justice protects social rights by punishing those who
commit crimes against humanity)
How it exacerbates inequality and injustices
-UN Peacekeeping Forces crimes against vulnerable citizens. (sexual assault,
human trafficking, child prostitution, and murder) e.g. UN’s Kosovo Mission
800 counts of sexual abuse, 70 of murder, and 100 of extortion/theft.
-inactive in many cases where aid or intervention is desperately needed. UN
have an inability to prevent conflicts, which creates further injustice. (e.g. not
preventing the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide, inactive in the DR of Congo 2014
where they failing to respond to repeated calls for help during an attack
which killed 30 ppl, 2013 saudi arbia elected as member BUT poor human
rights showing IUN lack of power, UN Watch created to monitor the
effectiveness of the UN)
-bias of countries, especially those in conflict. (e.g.UN being allegedly biased
against Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict)
