UN, NGOs, religion

Question 1

What are the four purposes of the UN? how do they accomplish these purposes?

Answer 1

Purposes:
- Maintain Peace and Security
- Develop friednly relations among nations
- To cooperate in solving international problems and promoting respect for human rights
- be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations
Done by…
-Maintaining peace and security
-Protecting human rights
-Delivering humanitarian aid
-Promoting sustainable development

Question 2

For each of the given strategies to accomplish the UN’s goals, explain what the UN does and how they do it
(Maintain peace and security)

Answer 2

The UN maintains peace and security by preventing conflicts, helping parties in conflict make peace, peacekeeping, and creating conditions to allow peace to hold and flourish
Done by…
This is accomplished through the UN’s security council. The council determines the existence of a threat to the peace or an act of agression

Question 3

For each of the given strategies to accomplish the UN’s goals, explain what the UN does and how they do it
(Protect human rights)

Answer 3

The UN protects and promotes human rights to ensure that every individual can live freely.
Done by…
This accomplished through the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR). They support the human rights component of peacekeeping missions, regulary comment on human rights situations, and investigates on human rights issues and writes reports on them

Question 4

For each of the given strategies to accomplish the UN’s goals, explain what the UN does and how they do it
(Deliver humanitarian aid)

Answer 4

The UN coordinated humanitarian relief operations due to natural and man-made distasters that has left nations in a state that cannot be fixed by the relief from national authorities alone.
Done by…
This is accomplished using the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (OCHA) of the UN Secritariat. They coordinate emergency responses through the Inter-agency standing comittee.

Question 5

For each of the given strategies to accomplish the UN’s goals, explain what the UN does and how they do it
(promote sustainable development)

Answer 5

The Un promotes prosperous economic opportunity, social well-being, and the protection of the environment.
Done by…
e.g., the 2015 universal climate agreement (the Paris Agreement)

Question 6

What is an NGO

Answer 6

A non-governmental organization is an organizaion made up of citizens that defend a cause in the public interest

Question 7

What are the qualities of an NGO?

Answer 7

1. Citizens in an NGO work on a voluntary basis
2. NGOs work independently from the government making them a non-proft organization
3. Can either be national (in one country)
4. Can also be international (in more than one country)

Question 8

What are the three roles of NGOs?

Answer 8

1. To devote their efforts to international development
2. To reduce the disparity in the distribution of the world’s wealth
3. To promote social justice

Question 9

What are the different fields of NGOs?

Answer 9

Economic/political
Health
Humanitarian projects
Environmental

Question 10

What are four forms of action NGOs can take to accomplish their missions? explaina and give an example for each

Answer 10

1. Information, protest, and mobilization campaigns
   (informs the public of the situation in developping countries)
   e.g., Advertising campaigns
2. Informing the public authorities
   (pressures the gov’t or international organizations to get them involved in causes defended by NGOs)
3. Fundraising
   (Allows NGOs to acquire financing to rpovide humanitarian aid in emergency situations & to implement different development projects)
4. Projects
   (Provides direct help to needy populations)**
   ** The nature of said projects varies based on the basis of expertise of each NGO and the needs of a given country

Question 11

What did the Chruch’s control in early New France?

Answer 11

• Registers of births, marriages, and deaths
• Schools
• Hospitals
• Orphanages and shelters for derelicts
• Charities
• Missions in foreign countries
• Religious parades and festivals

Question 12

What change about the Church occured during The Quiet Revolution?

Answer 12

The Catholic Church lost its power and educational, health, and social affairs were taken over by the gov’t (Ministry of education in 1964, Teachers were now ordinary people, hospitals ran by the ministry of social affairs). Additionally,

• immigrant children were only allowed to attend Catholic schools
• The chruch saw a significant decrease in people who wanted to enter priesthood
• Decrease in church attendance
• increase in dovorces
• smaller families

Question 13

What is secularization?

Answer 13

When control is transferred from religious authorities to civil administration