Contemporary Global

Governance
•Global governance is a means to
manage issues that cut across national
borders- whether it is a pandemic, a
financial crisis, or climate change.
•Global governance refers to the process
of designating standards, laws, rules,
regulations intended for global scale.
• The goal of global governance is to
provide global public goods,
particularly peace and security,
justice and mediation systems for
conflict, functioning markets and
unified standards for trade and
industry.
Examples of Global Problems
• Borderless diseases, especially malaria, TB,
and AIDS which pose a danger to political
structures.
• War is the most obvious global flow
threatening the nation-states involved,
especially those on the losing side.
• Terrorism is clearly regarded as a threat by
those nations against which it is waged (hence
the so-called "war on terrorism" in the US).
International Agreements
• These are formal understandings
or commitments between two or
more countries.
• An agreement between two
countries is called "bilateral,"
while an agreement between
several countries is "multilateral."
International Laws
• International law consists of rules
and principles governing the
relations and dealings of nations
with each other, as well as the
relations between states and
individuals, and relations between
international organizations.
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
• An international organization is one
that includes members from more
than one nation.
• A stable set of norms and rules
meant to govern the behavior of
states and other actors in the
international system.
UNITED NATIONS

•The United Nations (UN), in

spite of its myriad problems, is
the premier global organization
in the realm of politics.
•Currently made up of 193
Member States.
United Nations
• The United Nations is an
intergovernmental organization whose
stated purposes are to maintain
international peace and security,
develop friendly relations among
nations, achieve international
cooperation, and be a centre for
harmonizing the actions of nations
•Started on October 24,
1945.
•Midtown Manhattan, New
York City, United States
ROLES AND FUNCTIONS of
the UNITED NATIONS
1. to maintain international peace and security.
2. to develop friendly relations among nations
3. respect for the principle of equal rights and self-
determination of peoples.
4. to strengthen international laws.
5. to protect human rights.
6. to deliver humanitarian aid.
7. to support sustainable development and climate
action.
Carlos P.
Romulo

Former
President of the
United Nations
General
Assembly 1949-
1950
Filipino diplomat
FIVE ACTIVE ORGANS OF
UNITED NATIONS
1. The General Assembly
2.The Security Council
3.The Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC)
4.The Secretariat
5.The International Court of Justice.
The General Assembly
• The General Assembly is the primary deliberative
and policymaking arm of the UN, at which all 193
member states are represented.
• It meets annually in September to debate pressing
issues and to make decisions and recommendations
on important questions of peace and security,
economic and social development, the protection
of human rights, the codification of international
law, and the admission of new member states,
among other matters.
The Security Council
• The Security Council has primary
responsibility for maintaining
international peace and security.
• It is comprised of 15 members, five of
which are permanent (China, the Russian
Federation, France, the U.K., and the U.S.).
• The other ten members are elected by the
General Assembly to two-year terms
The Economic and Social
Council (ECOSOC)
• It provides a central forum for discussing the
world's economic, social, and environmental
challenges and for formulating policy
recommendations to address them.
• ECOSOC is responsible for promoting higher
standards of living, full employment, and
economic and social progress; identifying
solutions to international economic, social
and health problems;
The Secretariat
• prepares draft texts of resolutions.
• organizes the implementation of decisions, documents
the
• work of the United Nations while registering and editing
• the texts in their different stages.
• organizes international conferences.
• At its head is the Secretary-General, who provides
overall
• administrative guidance.
• The secretary-general is elected by the General
Assembly, on the recommendation of the Security
Council, for a renewable five-year term.
The International Court of
Justice
• The International Court of Justice, also
known as the World Court, is the UN's
principal judicial organ.
• The Court's role is to settle, in accordance
with international law, 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.
• It is located in the Peace Palace in The
Hague, a city in the Netherlands, making it
the only one of the UN's principal organs
that is not based in New York City.
• The Court is comprised of 15 judges elected
by both the General Assembly and the
Security Council to serve nine-year terms.