DEVS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Multilateralism, United Nations General Assembly, Devs
10 Dec 2017
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Final exam: friday dec 14, 2017 7-10 pm. United nations: established in 1945 with 51 countries, preventing the outbreak of war. Principle of self determination: recognition of newly independent states as it anticipated independence in asia and. Africa: recognition of sovereignty (the un has no authority over states. Just because you think you are an independent sovereign state the un may not recognize it: the un has no authority over the states (they cannot tell the states what to do, they can just provide intervention) Anything that the un says is only as good as the paper it is written on, as it does not have authority over what countries do. 1950"s: strong us influence (51 prodomitly northern states) 1960s-70s: explosion of new independent states, development" became a stronger states as the new independent states joins, countries in the south began to assert authority. 1980s onward: shift to the use of neoliberalism frame work/policies, closer ties to the world bank.
