The United Nations and Contemporary Global Governance

Flashcards covering key concepts from the lecture notes on the United Nations and Contemporary Global Governance, presented in a fill-in-the-blank style.

Although many internationalists like Bentham and Kant imagined the possibility of a global government, __ of the sort exist today.

nothing

The fact that states in an international order continue to adhere to certain global norms means that there is a semblance of world order despite the lack of a single __.

world government

__ refers to the various intersecting processes that create order, broadly used to designate all regulations intended for organization and centralization of human societies on a global scale.

Global Governance

Global governance is thought to be an international process of __, which generates guidelines and agreements that affect national governments and international corporations.

consensus-forming

States sign treaties and form organizations, in the process legislating __.

public international law

__ (NGOs), though not having formal state power, can lobby individual states to behave in a certain way.

International non-governmental organizations

An international organization is established by a treaty or other instrument governed by international law and possesses its own __.

international legal personality

The primary purpose of International Organizations is to help set the international agenda, mediating political bargaining, providing a place for political initiatives, and acting as catalysts for __.

coalition-formation

__ (IGO) are formed between 2 or more governments that come together for a specific purpose and share national experts and resources.

Intergovernmental Organizations

__ (NGO) work to solve problems around the world, are not connected to any government, and are free to work towards their goal without government interference.

Nongovernmental Organizations

The power of International Organizations to invent and apply categories, thereby creating powerful global standards, is known as the power of __.

classification

It is the __ that defines what a refugee is, and this power to establish identity has concrete effects on states.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR)

The power of International Organizations to define various terms like “security” and “development” and influence policies based on these definitions is called the power to __.

fix meanings

The United Nations has recently started to define security not just as safety from military violence, but also as safety from __.

environmental harm

__ are accepted codes of conduct that may not be a strict law, but nevertheless produce regularity in behavior, and International Organizations have the power to spread them.

Norms

The power of International Organizations to diffuse norms stems from the fact that they are staffed with independent __ who are considered expert in various fields.

bureaucracies

The United Nations (UN) was established on __.

October 24, 1945

The predecessor to the United Nations, created by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 and disbanded in 1946, was the __.

League of Nations

The UN's headquarters are in New York City, with regional offices also in Geneva, Vienna, and _.

Nairobi

The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and __.

Spanish

One of the aims of the UN Charter is to save succeeding generations from the scourge of __, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind.

war

The UN Charter aims to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, and in the equal rights of men and women and of nations __.

large and small

The five active organs of the United Nations are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the International Court of Justice, and the __.

Secretariat

Decisions on important questions in The General Assembly, such as those on peace and security or new member admissions, require a __ majority.

two-thirds

The __ is the United Nations' most powerful body, with primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.

Security Council

The Security Council consists of five powerful countries as permanent members along with ten elected members with __ terms.

two-year

The __ is one of the five principal organs of the UN, responsible for the direction and coordination of economic, social, humanitarian, and cultural activities.

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

The International Court of Justice, also known as the __, is the main judicial organ of the UN.

World Court

The role of the International Court of Justice is to settle legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized __.

United Nations organs and specialized agencies

The __ administers and coordinates the activities of the United Nations and is headed by the Secretary-General.

Secretariat

One of the main challenges of the United Nations is the limits placed upon its various organs and programs by the need to respect __.

state sovereignty