UN Flashcards
(9 cards)
role of UN
- maintain peace and security
-promote sustainable dev
-protect human rights
-uphold internatioanl law
-deliver humanitarian aid
UNICEF
- protect children rights and that theyre healthy and
-give them opportunities
-raise funds
-influence law and policies
-provide emergency relief to children in times of crissi
-give kids access to educatiom, clean water
-yemen = rebuiilt classrooms and sanitation facilities in 443 schools
-madagascar = expanded vaccine coverage for over 2 mil women and children
UNEP
- promote solutions to climate change
-adivse govs on how to acheive env targets
.monitor state of env
-Introduced Montreal protocol and Minamata convention = treaty that limits toxic mercury
factors affecting peoples ability to migrate
work skills = australia need min 65 points to enter e.g. accountants get 60 already
wealth = mexico to usa is costly as peaople pay for smuggling
language = netherlands test
- border patrol
how emergence of new nation states often accompanied by conflict
- new gov lacks political power and resources to reach all of pop so its hard to overcome inequalities = nation building difficult = marginalised
-religious and ethnic divies = south sudan christians vs muslims
-borders drawn mianly for european interests = dif ethnic groups placed together so theres clashes in cotnrol and thers favouritism
Washington consensus
- beleif that eonomic efficiency only acheived if regulations are removed
Structural adjustment programmes (SAP’s)
- policies where in order for countries to qualify for financial adustment they must:
-open domestic markets
-reduce gov spending
-devalue currency to make exports cheaper
-remove restictions on capital
-reduce role of gov
-many countries sacrifice economic soverignity when accepting the conditions as TNCs take over and they rely more on trrade
highly indebted poor countries initiative
- introduced by IMF and WB to lower national debt by partally writing them off in return for SAPs
