THE UNITED NATION AND

CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Lesson 4
 GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

• Global governance is thought to be an international process of consensus-forming which

generates guidelines and agreements that affect national governments and international
organizations.
 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
• The term is commonly used to refer to international intergovernmental organizations
or groups that are primarily made up of member – states.

• Major fallacy about international organizations is that are merely amalgamations of

various state interests.
 MICHAEL N. BARNETT AND
MARTHA FINNEMORE
Listed the following powers of IOs.

• IOs have the power of classification.

• IOs have the power of fix meanings.
• IOs have the power to diffuse norms.
 JOSEPH STIGLITZ

• The Novel Prize – winning economist who famously critirized the IMF
for using a “ one-size-fits-all” approach when its economists made
recommendations to developing countries.
 UNITED NATIONS
•  United Nations is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote
international co-operation and to create and maintain international order.

• Was built up after World War II

FIVE ACTIVE ORGANS OF UN
 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

• Main deliberative policy making and representative ogan

 SECURITY COUNCIL

• Takes the lead in the determining the existence of a threat to

the peace or an act of aggression.
 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
(ECOSCC)

• The principal body for coordination, policy review, policy dialogue, and
recommendations on social and environmental issues, as well as the
implementation of internationally agreed development goals.
 INTERNATIONAL COURT OF
JUSTICE

• Whose task is to settle , in accordance with international law, legal

disputes submitted to it by states and to give advisory opinions reffered
to it by authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies.
 SECRETARIAT

• Consists of the “Secretary-General and ten of thousands of international

UN staff members who carry out the day-to-day work of the UN as
mandated by General Assembly and the organizations other principal
organ.”
• The biggest challenge of the United Nations is related to issues of security.

• Because of the P5’s veto power, it is tough for the council to release a formal resolution.
Much more implement it.

• Despite these problems, it remains important for SC(security council) to place a high bar on
military intervention.

• The UN security Council has been wrong on issues of intervention, but it has also made
right decisions.