Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nato, Headquarters Of The United Nations, Economic Community Of West African States
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An institution created by an international agreement that has permanent headquarters and staff, clearly defined mandate and rules and voluntary state membership. If a country is part of igo, they are free to leave whenever they want. Interpol : police organization that helps fight transnational crime. Collective effort by europe, us, and japan of 40 billion. If governments move at this at the same time, there"s a chance of it diminishing -> it worked. It is wrong to say igo do not care about national interest. Not where un is confined in hq. There are offices for different things around in the world. Is any country wants to join un, they must agree to follow this. No one is allowed to invade another country. Stage for world opinion to be heard. Resolution does not have hard binding legal power but it is the closest thing to world opinion -> normative power.