TCW 3 Flashcards
(16 cards)
The current global landscape is quite different from the not-too-distant past
The process of globalization has intensified, and the world is moving towards new forms of governance
Michelle Bachelet
Global Governance
Rising Multipolarity Anti-Globalism Transnational Actors Institutional Pluralism Deepening Interdependence
Risk and Resilience
International Security
Future of Economic Progress
Inclusive Growth Framework
The formal and informal arrangements that produce a degree of order and collective action above the state in the absence of a global government that involve coordination of the state and non- state actors. (Young)
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
encompasses the totality of institutions, policies, norms, procedures and initiatives through which States and their citizens try to bring more predictability, stability and order to their responses to transnational challenges
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
Effective global governance can only be achieved with
effective international cooperation
This imposition of mutual externalities and the existence of global goods provides both the need and justification for global governance.
The actions of any State can and often do affect the welfare of other States.
The United Nations is an International organization founded in 1945 after the
Second World War by 51 countries committed to:
Maintaining international peace and security
Developing friendly relations among nations
Promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights
Due to its unique international character, the Organization can take action on a wide range of issues, and provide a forum for its 193 Member States to express
their views
The United Nations
As of 2018, there are ___ (193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states:
195; Holy See and the State of Palestine
The UN Structure
The Charter formerly established 6 principal organs of the United Nations
UN General Assembly UN Security Council UN Economic and Social Council UN Secretariat International Court of Justice Trusteeship Council (suspended operations in 1994)
In addition separate organizations, often subordinate to the principal organs, have been created to solve specialized tasks.
The UN Main Bodies
UN General Assembly UN Security Council UN Economic and Social Council UN Secretariat International Court of Justice
Is the main deliberative organ of the UN and is composed of representatives of all Member States
UN General Assembly
It has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security
UN Security Council
It carries out the day-to-day work of the Organization. It services the other principal organs and carries out tasks as varied as the issues dealt with by the UN: administering peacekeeping operations, surveying economic and social trends, preparing studies on human rights, among others.
UN Secretariat
Is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It settles legal disputes between states and gives advisory opinions to the UN and its specialized agencies. Its Statute is an integral part of the United Nations Charter.
International Court of Justice
Most potent organ with the power to make legally binding resolutions.
Comprised by the strongest military states and is a concrete
manifestation of the reality of power dynamics
UN Security Counci
