Political Science 2225E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: United Nations Conference On Trade And Development, United Nations System, United Nations University
22 Dec 2020
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Organization created to maintain post wwii world order. Successor to the league of nations & designed to correct flaws in the. 1919: un merged to replace it & fix the limitations that the. General assembly merely has power of recommendation, and only when the security council is not seized of an issue. Vague charter; very flexible; adaptable to circumstances countries have control over the world: us, china, france, uk, russia. The un adopted a modernization view of development. Security council: most powerful & hierarchical power structure. Economic & social council: premised on the view that development is a technical problem that can be solved through cooperation & solidarity. Secretariat: administrative unit of un led by secretary general. International court of justice: legal advisory body. Trusteeship council: management of former colonies of defeated powers. Programs & specialized agencies: undp & unctad. Contradiction between structure & underlying principle (sovereign equality of all states)
