INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION
CHAPTER 6
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION
Why International Organisations
• An International organisation is not a super
state with authority over its members. It is
created by and responds to states .It comes
into being when states agree to its creation.
once created, it can help member states
resolve their problems peacefully.
• Eradication of Diseases and vaccinations.
• Global warming and control of CFC
• Protection of polar icecaps
Evolution of the UN
• The UN was founded as a successor to the
League of Nations.IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN
1945.
• By 2006, the UN had 192 member states.
• The present Secretary –General is Ban kiMoon from south Korea. He is the eighth
secretary –general of UN
• The Un consists of many different structures
and agencies.
Reform of the UN after the cold War
• Two basic kinds of reforms face the UN.
• Reform of the organisation’s structures and
processes.
• A review of the issues that fall within the
jurisdiction of the organisation.
• Demand for an increase in the UN Security
Council’s permanent and Non-permanent
membership.
• Improvement of UN budgetary procedures
and its administration.
Changes of UN
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The soviet union has collapsed.
The US is the strongest power.
The relationship between Russia and USA.
Growth of China and India.
The growth rate of Asian economy.
Many new countries have joined the UN.
New challenges like terrorism, climatic
change, epidemic etc
Reform of Structures and Processes
• The Security council no longer represents
contemporary political realities.
• Its decisions reflect only Western values and
interests and are dominated by a few powers.
• It lacks equitable representation
• SOME SUGGESTIONS :
• A major economic power.
• A major military power.
• A substantial contributor of UN budget.
• A big nation in terms of its population.
• A nation that respects democracy and human
rights.
• A country that would make the council more
representative of the world’s diversity in terms
of geography, economic system and culture.
Jurisdiction of the UN
• Creation of a peace building Commission.
• Acceptance of the responsibility of the
International community in case of failures of the
national government.
• Establishment of a Human Rights Council.
• Agreements to achieve the millennium
developmental goals.
• Condemnation of terrorism.
• Creation of a democracy Fund.
• An agreement to wind up the Trusteeship council.
India and the UN reforms
• India supports an increase in the number of
both permanent and non-permanent
members.
• India demanded its permanent position in
security council.
• New request from other part of the world
specially Africa and Latin America.
The UN in a Unipolar World
• Us power cannot be easily checked because
Its military and economic power allow it to
ignore the UN.
• With in US ,the influence of the US is
considerable, As the single largest contributor
to the UN,the UN has unmatched financial
power.
• Territorial and bureaucratic advantage of USA
in UN.
• Its veto power.