international desicion making

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  • some countries play a role in international decision-making
    • mostly controlled by worlds most powerful countries- comes from the bretton woods system
  • bretton woods agreement
    • signed at end of ww2, resulting in creation of IMF, world bank
  • the UN
    • formation of UN in 1945 was led by countries which were allies in ww2(USA, UK and USSR)
    • UN linked to a large number of bodies and organisations which operate all over world- eg world health organisation
  • the UN aims to provide geopolitical stability
    • UN created in an attempt to prevent confilcts on the scale of WW2 happening again
    • recognises reasons for conflict eg provision of food ]
  • the UN security council branch of the UN including 15 countries- aim to maintain international peace and security, does this by:
    • UN peacemakers=a neutral army made of troops from all members, maintain order in areas of conflict
    • a sanction= withdrawing from mutually benefitted agreement eg removed from trade deals or banned from competing in international sport
    • controvery as any of the 5 permanent members eg USA,UK,RUSSIA,FRANCE,CHINA can reject the desicion the other 14 members are in favour of