POLS 3320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Secretary-General Of The United Nations, United Nations Economic And Social Council, Presbyterian Polity
3 Dec 2017
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What does it do: good public relations agency, lead agency on the sdgs, peacekeeping, identi es the key issues. What does the un do: new urban agenda, multilateral union. The 3 uns: the 1st un. The institutional framework of member states that bring their different aspirations, values, ideologies and capabilities to the table . Multilateral x; the most visible; big activities the un does. Manifest mainly in the security council, general assembly, economic and social council (ecosoc, which governs the wb and imf) and the human rights council: the 2nd un. Secretary general and international civil service: the 3rd un. The networks of ngos, experts, corporate executives, media reps, and academics who work closely w/ the 1st and 2nd un . Different agencies have different types of power. Not all institutions in the un are created/treated equally; some are weaker than others. The idea that nation states have the fundamental right to dictate other countries: the peaceful resolution of disputes.
