IOs Flashcards
IMF voting shares?
US-16.5%;
Most decision req a super majority of 85%
What happened during Rwandan genocide?
UN requested for troops;
Many declined to contribute
Iraq Oil for Food Programme comprises?
USD60 billion scheme by UN;
-Iraq to buy food, medicine, humanitarian supplies
What happened to Iraqi Oil for food Programme in 2014?
Iraqi newspaper published list of 270 ppl;
Profited from the illicit sale of Iraqi oil during off Programme
The 270 ppl in Iraqi oil for food Programme includes?
UN officials; Politicians; companies
What happen to NGOs in Myanmar?
Under supervision and receive funding from GOV
What is the fn of Red Cross in Myanmar?
Potential reserve force in times of conflict
IMF stand-by agreement
Stipulates necessary reforms in the recipient country aimed at bringing back on a path of financial and Eco stability
A country underwent standby agreement?
Turkey
- emerged relatively unscathed from 2008 Eco crisis;
- due to austerity measures subscribed by IMF
What happened to turkey in 2013?
Marked the exist from reliance on IMF loans
Syrian region?
Rapes committed by Assad regime in ongoing Syrian Civil war noted by
- Amnesty International;
- International Federation for Human Rights;
- Human Rights Watch
2014 Global Summit aimed to?
End sexual violence in conflict
2014 Global Summit done by?
Angelina Jolie & William Hague
-unveil the international Protocol for documentation and investigation of sexual violence
Finance aid at 2013 Typhoon Hai Yan
China: $20m USD
WHO?
-40% fall in no of death from tuberculosis bt 1990-2010
-2005:
46m have treated;
7m lives saved through practices advocated by UN
