CONTEMPORA RY GL O BA L
GOVERNANCE
• IS THERE A SINGLE GLOBAL GOVERNMENT?
• DO YOU AGREE THAT AS A HUMAN BEING YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE OF EVERY ACTION THAT YOU DO.
WHEREVER YOU GO AND WHATEVER YOU DO.
FUNCTIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
• THE UNITED NATIONS IS THE MOST PROMINENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY
WORLD. IT WAS FOUNDED SHORTLY AFTER WORLD WAR II. AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE LEAGUE OF
NATIONS. AT THE END OF THE WORLD WAR II, COUNTRIES THAT WORRIED ABOUT ANOTHER GLOBAL WAR
BEGAN TO PUSH FOR THE FORMATION OF A MORE LASTING INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
• ALTHOUGH THE ORGANIZATION IS FAR FROM PERFECT, IT SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED THAT IT HAS SO FAR
ACHIEVED ITS PRIMARY GOAL OF AVERTING ANOTHER GLOBAL WAR.
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• DO YOU THINK RUSSIA IS ACCOUNTABLE TO ITS ACTION AGAINST UKRAINE?
• CAN RUSSIA VETO U.N CHARTER RESOLUTION?
FIVE ACTIVE ORGANS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
• THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (GA)
• IS UN’S MAIN DELIBERATIVE POLICY MAKING AND REPRESENTATIVE ORGAN.
• ANNUALLY, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS A GA PRESIDENT TO SERVE A ONE-YEAR TERM OF
OFFICE.” ALL MEMBER STATES (CURRENTLY AT 193) HAVE SEATS IN THE GA.
• SECURITY COUNCIL (SC)
• ALTHOUGH THE GA IS THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATION IN THE UN, MANY
COMMENTATORS CONSIDER THE SECURITY COUNCIL (SC) TO BE THE MOST POWERFUL.
• CAN VETO POWER CAN BE OVERRIDEN IN THE UNGA?
• DO YOU THINK PHILIPPINES VOTED YES TO THE UN RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RUSSIA?
• THE THIRD UN ORGAN IS THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC)
• WHICH IS 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.
• THE FOURTH IS THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
• WHICH TASK IS TO SETTLE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW, LEGAL DISPUTES
SUBMITTED TO IT BY STATES AND TO GIVE ADVISORY OPINIONS REFERRED TO IT BY AUTHORIZED
UNITED NATIONS ORGANS AND SPECIALIZED AGENCIES.
• THE MAJOR CASES OF THE COURT CONSIST OF DISPUTES BETWEEN STATES THAT VOLUNTARILY
SUBMIT THEMSELVES TO THE COURT FOR ARBITRATION.
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• CAN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT OPEN AN INVESTIGATION TO UKRAINE-RUSSIA EVEN IF THEY ARE
NOT PART OF ICC ROME STATUTE?
• CAN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT INVESTIGATE THE WAR ON DRUGS OF DUTERTE ADMINISTRATION
AS IT VIOLATES THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE?
• FINALLY, THE SECRETARIAT CONSISTS OF THE “SECRETARY-GENERAL AND TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF INTERNATIONAL UN STAFF MEMBERS
• WHO CARRY OUT THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK OF THE UN AS MANDATED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND
THE ORGANIZATION’S OTHER PRINCIPAL ORGANS.
CHALLENGES OF THE UNITED NATIONS
• GIVEN THE SCOPE OF THE UN’S ACTIVITIES, IT NATURALLY FACES NUMEROUS CHALLENGES. CHIEF AMONG
THESE ARE THE LIMITS PLACED UPON ITS VARIOUS ORGANS AND PROGRAMS BY THE NEED TO RESPECT
STATE SOVEREIGNTY. THE UN IS NOT A WORLD GOVERNMENT, AND IT FUNCTIONS PRIMARILY BECAUSE
OF VOLUNTARY COOPERATION FROM STATES.
• HOWEVER, PERHAPS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IS RELATED TO ISSUES OF
SECURITY. AS MENTIONED, THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS TASKED WITH AUTHORIZING INTERNATIONAL
ACTS OF MILITARY INTERVENTION. BECAUSE OF THE P5’S VETO POWER, IT IS TOUGH FOR THE COUNCIL TO
RELEASE A FORMAL RESOLUTION, MUCH MORE IMPLEMENT IT.
• THIS BECAME AN ISSUE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE LATE 1990’S WHEN THE UNITED STATES SOUGHT TO
INTERVENE IN THE KOSOVO WAR.
• AMID THIS SYSTEMATIC TERROR, MEMBERS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
(NATO), LED BY THE UNITED STATES, SOUGHT SC AUTHORIZATION TO INTERVENE IN THE KOSOVO
WAR ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS. CHINA AND RUSSIA, HOWEVER, THREATENED TO VETO ANY
ACTION, RENDERING THE UN INCAPABLE OF ADDRESSING THE CRISIS.
SUMMARY
• IN THIS UNIT YOU ARE ABLE TO LEARN THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES OF GLOBALIZATION. TOPIC 1 IS ALL
ABOUT THE ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION. AS EMPHASIZED BY THE IMF, ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION IS A
HISTORICAL PROCESS REPRESENTING THE RESULT OF HUMAN INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL
PROGRESS.
• TOPIC 2 IS ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF MARKET INTEGRATION, THE FEATURES OF THE BRETTON WOOD
SYSTEM AND THE ROLE OF THE INSTITUTIONS IN THE CREATION OF GLOBAL ECONOMY.
• TOPIC 3 IS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE OF NATION AND STATE, THE MEANING OF INTERNATIONALISM AND
GLOBALISM, AND THE INSTITUTIONS THAT GOVERN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
• TOPIC 4 IS ABOUT THE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE, FUNCTIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS, THE FIVE ACTIVE
ORGANS OF THE UNITED NATIONS, AND THE CHALLENGES OF UNITED NATIONS.
