Lesson 4 - The United Nations

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  • International Organization - Refers to international intergovernmental organizations or groups that are primarily made up of member states
  • Global Governance
    Refers to the various intersecting processes that create this order.
  • United Nation
    It is an intergovernmental organization tasked with maintaining international peace and security.
  • General Assembly
    It is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations comprised of all Member States.
  • Security Council
    It is primary responsible under for UN Charter to maintain international peace and security.
  • Economic and Social Council
    It is UN's "principal body for coordinating, policy review, policy dialogue, and recommendations on social and environmental issues.
  • International Court of Justice
    It is task to settle legal disputes only between nations and not between individuals.
  • The Secretariat
    They are responsible for servicing the other organs of the United Nations and administering the programs and policies laid down by them.
  • Trusteeship Council
    A former UN organ which is responsible for supervising the administration of Trust Territories placed under the Trusteeship System.
  • Veto Power
    A power given to the P5 to reject any rules, laws, system or arrangement suggested or approved by SC or GA.
  • Permanent Five
    The founding members of UN and have permanent seat in the Security Council. These countries are USA, Russia, China, France and UK.
  • Internationalization - refers to the increasing importance of international trade, international relations, treaties, alliances, etc. Inter-national, of course, means between or among nations.
  • International Law - a set of rules, norms, and standards generally accepted in relations between nations.
  • Domains covered by International Law
    • diplomacy, trade, and human rights
  • International Protection - a state responsibility to provide asylum to refugees by providing protection and rights
  • Global Governance - refers to the various intersecting processes that create this order. It is the management of problems that are created by globalization through rules and institutions processes.
  • International Organization (IO) - refers to international intergovernmental organizations or groups that are primarily made up of member states (e.g. United Nations and WHO).
  • International Relation Scholars - Michael N. Barnett & Martha Finnemore
  • Powers of International Organizations
    1. The Power of Classification
    2. The Power to Fix meanings
    3. The Power to Diffuse Norms
    1. The Power of Classification
    The ability to classify objects, Invent, and shift their very definition and identity. Like the creation and defining of a new categories of actors "refugee" by the "UN High Commissioner for Refugees" ( UNHCR)
  • UNHCR - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
  • 2. The Power to Fix meanings
    States, organizations, and individuals view IOs as legitimate sources of information. As such, the meanings they create have effects on various policies. Like the definition of security as not just safety from military violence, but safety from environmental, economic, and political harm.
  • 3. The Power to Diffuse Norms
    IOs exercise a third type of power by spreading and enforcing global values and norms. They desire to shape state practices by establishing, articulating and transmitting norms that define what constitutes acceptable and legitimate state behavior. They are "missionaries" of our time
  • United Nations - an intergovernmental organization tasked with maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, achieving international co-operation, and being a center for harmonizing the actions of nations
  • Five Organs of the United Nations
    1. The General Assembly (GA)
    2. The Security Council (SC)
    3. The Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC)
    4. The International Court of Justice (ICJ)
    5. The Secretariat
  • The General Assembly (GA)
    It is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations comprised of all Member States (currently at 193). It makes decisions on international peace and security, admitting new Member States and the UN budget are decided by a two-thirds majority. Other matters are decided by a simple majority.
  • 193 - Current number of member states of the UN
  • General Assembly President is elected for how many terms?
    one year term
  • In 1949-50 Carlos P. Romulo, a Filipino Diplomat was elected as GA president in the GA's early years
  • 2. The Security Council
    Has a primary responsibility under the UN Charter to maintain international peace and security. They determine threats to peace or acts of aggression and resolve it through peaceful or forceful means.
  • How many members does UN Security Council have?
    15 members, and 5 permanent members
  • What countries are permanent members of the SC?
    China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and the United States
  • How many vetoes does it take for the P5 to stop an SC action?
    1
  • 3. The Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC)
    It is the UN's "principal body for coordinating, policy review, policy dialogue, and recommendations on social and environmental issues, as well as implementations of internationally agreed development goals".
  • ECOSOC has how many members?
    54, serving a 3 year term
  • 4. The International Court of Justice (ICJ)
    It is the UN’s main judicial organ, It's task "is to settles legal disputes only between nations and not between individuals, in accordance with international law, legal disputes and submitted to it by states and to give advisory opinions referred to it by authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies"
    1. The Secretariat
    The Secretariat is made up of a tens of thousands of international staff members working at UN Headquarters. They’re responsible for servicing the other organs of the United Nations and administering the programs and policies laid down by them.
  • The Secretariat is headed by the Secretary-General, who is appointed by the General Assembly.
  • Challenges of the UN
    1. Non-cooperation of other states
    2. Issues in Security and Peace
    1. Non-cooperation of other states
    The UN was formed because of voluntary cooperation of states. If states refused to cooperate, the influence of the UN can be severely limited.