PS 280 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sara Hall, Advocacy Group, United Nations Economic And Social Council
19 Feb 2013
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Economic and social council or ecosoc (54) Unicef helps children primarily in the global south. Unaids deals with aids and helps to end discrimination of victims, pushes governments to help. Who (world health organization) helps address global epidemics. Unhcr (the un high commission on refugees: refugees tend to be women and children. 9 year terms, ~3 cases per year (u. s. has 70 a year and is still the weakest branch, so this is weak. State vs. state problems, ngos can"t take case to this court, individuals can"t) Consisted of only 13 operations occurred during cold war. Much broader mandate, much broader scope of interest. D mining operations look in former war territories and look for bombs. Successes : mozambique, east timor, in both situations, which involved very few u. s. troops on the ground (full non-american peace keeping operations), helped societies rebuild, helped elections go forward, registered people to vote mozambique now an independent state.
