The UN

What is the UN

an IA which aims to maintain peace and security for all its 193 member states

Give some examples of things the UN do

• Provide humanitarian assistance when needed

  • food/water

  • shelter

  • medical aid

• Provide technical assistance in elections

• Help improve judicial structure (eg improve human rights in some countries)

what were the millennium development goals (MDGs)

A set of 8 global human development objectives agreed by the UN

• started in 2000

• ended in 2015

what was the overall goal of the millennium development goals

To help

• income

• hunger

• education

• literacy rates

• mortality rates

what are the problems with the millennium development goals

• Some people thought they didn’t pick goals which meet the needs of ordinary people

  • school enrolment numbers increased but students had poor quality teaching and overcrowded classrooms so were still illiterate after years of schooling

• Some countries didn't make a lot of progress (eg Benin failed all their targets)

how were grants effected by the MDGs - positive

There were dramatically increased which allowed countries to fund more

• health

• education

• infrastructure

How does Brazil act as an example of the successes of the MDGs

they met/surpassed all of their targets

How does China act as an example of the successes of the MDGs

they achieved 2/3 of global poverty reduction eg through

• FDI in special economic zones

• export led industrialisation

what disease did the UN (and WHO) successfully eradicate

Small pox in 1979

• Developed a vaccine

• Reducing global mortality rates

Which disease has the UN been unsuccessful in eradicating

the AIDs pandemic

• 40m still have it

• continues globally