POLS 103 1st Edition Lecture 33Outline of Last Lecture 1.US Midterm elections 2. ResultsOutline of Current Lecture II. United Nations III. SyriaIV. Jerusalem V. PakistanVI. ChinaCurrent LectureThere are global problems- why does the world not take action?UN- designed to be weak, can’t take actions There is no global government Such a thing has never been tried, or even suggested. This won’t happen but an exception could be the UNstates do have organizations that span state boundaries we call these IGOs- Intergovernmental Organizations These are agreements that states talk about and agree to that govern interactions between the sovereign states IGO’s can be formal or informal Informal- not really negotiated, but just the way that things have behaved in the past comes to be seen as just the way things are Formal- negotiated between states, usually with a treaty that results from the negotiation agreement can produce:1. a set of rules2. a formal IGO- these are the organizations that make the news all of this is global governance purpose is to further cooperation between states These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.UN is the most important IGOit is the only IGO with a global mandate and a general purpose it was created after the second world warPrimary purpose: peace, growth, freedom, really broad stufcomes closest to global governance, but never really succeeded it UN orgGeneral AssemblySecretary General- head of General Assembly Security Council- most important orgUN has no military org it doesn’t govern the world. It can push the world to make the world deal with something, but itcan’t make governing decisions SyriaCivil war has been going on for about 3 yearsUN has done a lot, provided food, shelter, medicine UN hasn’t acted forcefully because 1. Russia and China would veto2. the UN has no military- so who would volunteer their military JerusalemViolence between Israel and Arab States UN has been uninvolved in all the Israeli- Palestinian conflict The very long evolution of the violence around Israel also complicates any onside involvement there are UN peacekeepers on boardersPakistanRecent terrorist bombing on Pakistan/India boarder why no UN involvement?they have been involved-dispatched peacekeepers to help the situation ChinaPresident Obama’s trip to china China is not a threat to the world peaceUN couldn’t do anything because China has veto powerThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a
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