Beggie J.

Bucag BSIT-1A

The Contemporary World

Chapter 5: Contemporary Global Governance

Learning Activities

Activity 1

Direction: Fill the following boxes with a correct organization structure.

Contemporary Global Governance

General Assembly

Secretariat Trusteeship
General Council

Security
Council Security Council

Economic and
Social Council

General Assembly
Commission on Human Rights
International Labor Organization (ILO)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Development Fund for Women(UNIFEM)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
World Health Organization (WHO)

Essay: In your own words and opinion, please elaborate your answers on the following essay questions.

1. What is the role of United Nations to global governance?

 Answer:
The role of United Nations to global governance is to sets forth the "inherent dignity"
and the "equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family." Upholding these
human rights principles as "the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world" is
fundamental to every undertaking of the United Nations. The General Assembly controls the
UN’s finances, makes non-binding recommendations, and oversees and elects members of other
UN organs. It is the General Assembly that ultimately votes to adopt human rights declarations
and conventions, which are also called treaties or covenants. Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC) is responsible for coordinating all economic and social work of the UN and its affiliated
institutions. UN Security Council can make recommendations and decisions for action, including
providing humanitarian aid, imposing economic sanctions, and recommending peacekeeping
operations. The Secretariat is the administrative arm of the UN, responsible for overseeing the
programs and policies established by the other UN organs.

2. Why is there a need for a global governance in this contemporary world?

Answer:
Global governance is necessary because humanity increasingly faces both problems and
opportunities that are global in scale. Today, transnational problems such as violence and
pandemics routinely reach across borders, affecting us all. At the same time, the increasingly
integrated global system has also laid the necessary foundations for peace and spectacular
prosperity. Effective global governance will allow us to end armed conflict, deal with new and
emerging problems such as technological risks and automation, and to achieve levels of
prosperity and progress never before seen.

Assessment Task

In your own words, elaborate your answers on the disadvantages and advantages of a global
government.

Advantages Your own Explanation

Open borders. No need for tariffs, immigration,
customs, etc.
Military could be downsized to a force large
enough to deal with terrorists and local
squabbles.
Consistent policies worldwide. No more concerns
about tax rates vs. health care vs. individual
freedoms from one country to the next.
Immense tax savings due to the economy of
scale. Only fund one complete government as
a border that enables free movement of people
and often of goods between jurisdictions with
few or no restrictions on movement, that is
lacking substantive border control and no need
for tariffs, immigrations, customs because they
secured and controlled borders.
Military did this for additional securities to
protect people and organizations that could
became the target of terrorists and local
squabbles for security forces working together.
This policies provide a framework for consistent
decision making and action.
To increase the economy rate scale in every
single country.
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DISADVANTAGES
No proper way to account for
differences.
Lack of competition between nations.
cultural It can be discrimination in other culture if there
are no proper way of respecting other cultures.
International competitiveness is often referred to
in discussion on firms’ and nations’
performances, we are to state that this concept is
not clearly defined. In reality, the diversity of the
definitions which are given according to the ends
which one intends to reach results in the
suspicion that not enough attention has been
paid to what the concept of international
competitiveness really means. If firms lose
markets shares abroad, it is because of a lack of
international competitiveness. If the current
account balance of an economy shows a deficit,
weak international competitiveness of the
country is put forward.