REMINDER

1. Asynchronous meeting on Saturday, September 5, 2020.

2. Please answer the 2.1 Edpuzzel Video on History and Functions of the
United Nations – due date on Saturday, September 5, 2020, 11:59AM.
Morning po hindi po sa gabi!
3. Please take the 2.2 Quiz 2 on Google Form – due on Saturday,
September 5, 2020, 11:59PM.
4. Prepare for your individual graded recitation today – One-minute
recitation later.
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AND CONTEMPORARY
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

1. define global governance;
2. identify the roles and functions of the United Nations; and
3. determine the challenges of global governance in the 21st
century;
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CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

What does global governance refer to?

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CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
The fact that states in an international order continue to adhere to certain
global norms means that there is a semblance of world order despite the lack
of a single world government.
Global governance refers to the various intersecting processes that create
this order.
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CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Global governance or world governance is a movement

towards political cooperation among transnational actors, aimed
at negotiating responses to problems that affect more than one
state or region.  Wikipedia
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CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Is there already an existing Global Government?

Let’s have a poll survey of your answer.

WHAT IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION (IO)?

It refers to international intergovernmental organizations or groups that

are primarily made up of member-states.
It is not merely an amalgamations of various state interests.
It can thus become influential as independent organizations.
WHAT IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION?

International relations scholars Michael N. Barnett and Martha Finnemore

listed the following powers of IOs.
1. IOs have the power of classification.
They create powerful standard. Example: UN High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) defines what a refugee is. And since states are required
to accept refugees entering their borders, this power to establish identity has
concrete effects.
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2. IOs have the power to fix meanings.

This is a broader function related to the first. Terms like “security” or
“development” need to be well-defined. States, organizations and individual
view IOs as legitimate sources of information. Example: UN defined
security as not just safety from military violence, but also safety from
environmental harm.
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3. IOs have the power to diffuse norms.

Norms are accepted codes of conduct that may not be strict law, but
produce regularity in behavior. IOs do not only classify and fix meanings;
they also spread their ideas across the world, thereby establishing global
standards.
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What does UN do?

Mechanics:
1. Watch and enjoy the video.
2. Explain the important function of the United Nations according to the
video clip.
3. Prepare for a-minute presentation of your output.
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XucDIQXMp2c
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After the collapse of the League of Nations at the end of World War II,
countries that worried about another global war to push for the formation of
a more lasting international league. The result was the creation of the UN. Its
primary goal is to avert another global war"
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Five active Organs of UN

1. General Assembly (GA)
2. Security Council (SC)
3. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
4. International Court of Justice (ICJ)
5. Secretariat -UN Admin
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1. General Assembly (GA)

- The main deliberative policymaking and representative organ.
- Decisions on important questions require two-thirds majority of the GA.
- Annually, the assembly elects a GA President to serve a one-year term of
office.
- There are 193 member-states.
- Filipino diplomat Carlos P. Romulo was elected GA president from 1949-
1950.
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2. Security Council (SC)

- Considered as the most powerful organ
- The permanent 5 members (P5) are – China, France, Russia, United
Kingdom, and United States
- The GA elects 10 other members for a two-year term.
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3. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

- 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.
- It has 54 members elected for three-year terms.
- It is the UN’s central platform for discussion on sustainable development.
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4. International Court of Justice

- The 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.
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5. The Secretariat
- It consists of the “Secretary-General” and tens of thousands of
international 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

The biggest challenge of the United Nations is related to issues of security.

The need to respect state sovereignty.
 UN security Council is tasked with authorizing international acts of military
intervention.
• Kosovo War in late 90s
• Civil war in Syria
• 2001 War in Iraq