POL208Y1 Chapter 18: CHAPTER 18 SUMMARY.doc
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The united nations is: a group of international institutions (including world health. Organization, international labour organization, etc) and programmes and funds (such as. Economic/social council, trusteeship council and the international court of justice (* if you wish to see a chart of the un system, it"s on page 316 or www. un. org/aboutun/chart/pdf) Trusteeship council: provide international supervision for 11 trust territories to ensure proper steps taken to prepare for self-government or independence, work completed by 1994, now just consists of p5 members who meet when necessary. International court of justice: main judicial organ 15 judges elected by ga & security council, participation is voluntary but once state agrees to participate, it is obligated to comply with decisions, provides advisory opinions upon request. Un & economic + social questions: integrated global context & interdependence mean that economic and social problems in one part of the world impact other areas, global conference signal growing sense of interdependence and globalization of human concerns.
