The United Nations (UN) is one of the most important organizations the world has. It truly does make the world go around. As has been discussed in this unit, interdependence is defined as the dependence of two separate entities (whether it be people, things, or in this case countries) on one another. Now in terms of the UN, there are over a hundred different countries that all depend on one another to ensure the rights, freedoms, and basic needs of themselves. By using democratic tactics to prevent conflicts the UN helps elections worldwide, provides food to 90 million people in upwards of 75 countries and assists over 34 million refugees globally. Not to mention the positive push of globalization that they support. It’s key to note however that though the United Nations corroborates each country helping other countries, it also makes it essential that no country can interfere with domestic affairs directly. All participating countries must aid the global world, and in doing so become dependent on the aid they receive.
A mandate that can be used as an example is the peacekeeping mandate. Peacekeepers are men and women who travel to countries in crisis to give aid to the citizens and help resolve the conflict. Their mandate states that they are too: Stop the spread/outbreak across borders, stabilize the conflicts, assist in implementing peace, and lead the stated to a stable government. Nowhere in the mandate does it state that they are to intervene with civilians or in any way go against what is best for the country. By giving their aid the countries have a better chance of reaching a united nation.
Similarly, there are many agencies run by the United Nations that support interdependence. Take for example, the Food and Agricul...
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...hat they can, but never more than they need too. This is because it could lead to negative consequences for themselves. At the UN however it’s all about equality and justice, regardless of what is seemingly best for one individual.
I would like to think that the UN has a bright and cheery future. Clearly there will never be 100% smooth sailings. Natural disasters, terrorism, disagreements and war will likely always exist. However, thus far the UN has done so much to reduce the effects of all of the issues we see in the world. Some things may never be totally resolved, but it’s necessary for there to always be a source that is trying. The UN has reduced so many of the problems we see everyday such as poverty, infant/maternal mortality, and hunger. As more and more entities come together to strive for the same goal, I think the future of the UN is strong and steady.
every nation in the world belongs to the United Nations. The United Nations has four purposes: to maintain international peace and security; to develop friendly relations among nations; to cooperate in solving international problems and in promoting respect for human rights; and to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations.The United Nations is not a world government though,and it does not make laws.
The system the UN currently has offers some perspective on the idea of conducting and participating in war. But...
“Institutions are essential; they facilitate cooperation by building on common interests, hence maximizing the gains for all parties. Institutions provide a guaranteed framework of interactions; they suggest that there will be an expectation of future encounters. They facilitate cooperation by building on common interest, thus maximizing the gain for all parties.” (Mingst, 2011) This theory supports the idea that if one cooperates with the other they both will gain, but once the established trust is lost between the cooperating countries, one should do whatever is in their own economic i...
future shaped by wars. The side who win the battle shape the sole future of their opponent. This can also be related with the quote of Winston Churchill “History is written by the victors”. While indicating the League of Nations I claimed that absence of United States of America created emptiness over authority. This does not mean that United States creates the sole authority by itself still, without United States there isn’t a neutral country with a powerful military force left in League. The League cannot establish checks and balances system in itself that’s why decisions upon pre World War II period leaned to the victors of World War I. United Nations establish its check system on the countries by the support of super powers. We can see its example of Korean War in United Nations Security Council Resolution 84. Security Council with the resolution 84 recommended the member countries of the United Nations provide such assistance to the Republic of Korea as may be compulsory to repel the attack and re-establish peace and security. Security Council with that decision establish the United Nations Command under the leadership of United States of America to stop the North Korea’s advancement and drive back them to north of 38th Parallel. This was the first time an army established among the decision of United Nations. But, this event leads us on this question will United Nations able to stop a conflict if the conflict started or conducted by a super power like United States or Russian Federation. The answer can be found in recent events. With the annexation of Crimea by Russian Federation, Vetoes of People’s Republic of China and Russian Federations on the Security Council’s resolution on condemning Syrian government and taking immediate action towards the Syrian Civil War or France’s role on preventing United Nation’s help to prevent genocide on Rwanda. These examples show us that United Nations cannot act beyond
This particular paper is extremely helpful when looking for significant for finding research of the most relevance i.e. significant names, polices and events. The paper is extremely helpful and great for supporting arguments. This paper lead me to more credible and useful The UN's objective is to protect the fundamental UN Charter. The majority of the information found on the website is media and news coverage of the UN meetings recapping the leaders comments and highlighting important discussions. Other things found on the website are the UN Charter,The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, etc...
...lance of trade and consistent revenue. The UN can help these countries build their economies if they can improve their trade. The UN can do all of this by implementing a single policy. The policy that will have to be passed is a distribution policy. If this policy is passed, the money generated from trade could be used in projects for the future and help these countries develop as a whole. This distribution policy will take time to pass due to other actors, but these actors are not a big issue. This distribution policy benefits the economies of developing countries such as Somalia. It helps the countries develop a balance of trade and generate revenue. Food will become more available to the Somalia people, and less people will be affected. Everyone in Somalia will have the opportunity to provide food for themselves and others. The hunger in Somalia will cease.
The war in Kosovo has killed more than two thousand people and forced more than four hundred thousand from their homes. The United Nations and NATO are two organizations in this world that are working extremely hard to accomplish their goals, one step at a time. Maybe someday, the world will be a peaceful place and well have the United Nations and The North Atlantic Organization to thank for it.
Fifty-eight years after the signing of the Charter, the world has changed dramatically. Its universal character and comprehensiveness make the United Nations a unique and indispensable forum for governments to work together to address global issues. At the same time, there remains a large gap between aspiration and real accomplishment. There have been many successes and many failures. The United Nations is a bureaucracy that struggles – understandably – in its attempt to bring together 191 countries. It must come at no surprise, therefore, that a consensus cannot always be reached with so many different competing voices.
1. As far as peace keeping methods go, the reputation of the United Nations is very pitiable. This is not only because they have not been doing their job to it’s fullest extent, but also because the member states on the security council haven’t given the UN the power it needs if it is to be a successful force in peace keeping methods.
The first paradigm of international relations is the theory of Realism. Realism is focused on ideas of self-interest and the balance of power. Realism is also divided into two categories, classical realism and neo-realism. Famous political theorist, Hans Morgenthau was a classical realist who believed that national interest was based on three elements, balance of power, military force, and self interest (Kleinberg 2010, 32). He uses four levels of analysis to evaluate the power of a state. The first is that power and influence are not always the same thing. Influence means the ability to affect the decision of those who have the power to control outcomes and power is the ability to determine outcomes. An example of influence and power would be the UN’s ability to influence the actions of states within the UN but the state itself has the power to determine how they act. Morgenthau goes on to his next level of analysis in which he explains the difference in force and power in the international realm. Force is physical violence, the use of military power but power is so much more than that. A powerful state can control the actions of another state with the threat of force but not actually need to physical force. He believed that the ability to have power over another state simply with the threat of force was likely to be the most important element in analysis the power of as state (Kleinberg 2010, 33-34).
However, the structure and process of international relations, since the end of World War II, has been fundamentally impacted through an immense growth of a variety of factors at multiple levels, which leads to the liberalist theoretical perspective of global complex interdependency. The complex interdependency is constructed from the liberalist theoretical perspective emphasizing interdependence between states and substate actors as the key characteristics of the international system (Ray and Kaarbo 7), which means that cooperation can be made more te...
...ment and well-being. It is clear that without the ongoing presence and work of international organisations, the international system would be in a far worse and more chaotic state, with a far greater chance for a civil war to breakout. They also are a major player in helping develop states political and economical systems.
Weiss, T. G., 2009. What's Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix it. 1st ed. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Although, international organizations are largely influenced by the powerful states they contain and reflect those states’ interests, international organizations provide essential forums for communication, and encourage education of new international norms, which in turn, shape the interests and behaviors of states.
The UN has made strides toward and continues to fight for world peace, but this however is not the only function of the agency. Environmental protection, Human rights, health and medical research, alleviation of poverty and economic development, emergency and disaster relief, and labor and workers' rights are just a sample of what the UN continues to battle as the year 2000 approaches.