POLI 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Millennium Development Goals, World Food Programme, United Nations General Assembly
27 Jun 2017
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Ios have a constitutive/causal power independent of states. The united nations: 193 member states and some observers - started with 51. Millennium development goals: ngos and civil societies have entrance to un through here, get into details. Secretariat: management of un, secretary-general - all have been men, not all have been western; elected by ga upon recommendation of sc, 5 year position, can be reappointed once, departments, peacekeeping, political affairs, humanitarian affairs, management/budget/hr/legal. Special envoys - career diplomats/politicians that tackle specific issues. International court of justice (icj: established with the un in 1945; evolved from pcij, forum for state-based legal challenges, only states and the unga can bring cases, does not prosecute individuals. Land or border disputes: binding, no appeal, no way to enforce their judgements, advisory opinions. Single focus: more effective because a smaller group, easier to manage. ), functional: promote cooperation, establish norms of behaviour.
