POLI 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Retorsion, International Atomic Energy Agency, World Health Organization

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 345
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Focus on states not on ios today. For the organization of american states: peace and security; representative democracy, nonintervention; pacific settlement of disputes; common action in the event of aggression; solution of political, juridical, and economic problems; democratic development; limitation of conventional weapons. For the nato: safeguard the freedom and security of all its members by political and military means. Act in collective defence when a member is attacked (otan) World health organization: direct and coordinate international health within united nations" system. International atomic energy agency: encourage the use of atomic energy for peace and improvement of the society. = can"t intervene without the approval of the. If the organization wants to intervene in a conflict, they have to. Rationale of creating ios: rational choice theory: rational states will use or create a formal io when the value of these functions outweighs the costs, notably the resulting limits on unilateral action.