International Organization And Global Governance

Thesis: The role of the United Nations has changed from being primarily an international peacekeeping force to primarily a humanitarian organization.

In retrospect, the world wars influenced the formation of many international organizations mainly to act as mitigation measures to the aftermath and to prevent the occurrence of related experiences in the future. Most notably, the economies were significantly affected and lives lost unnecessarily while at the extremes the powerful nations took control of the weak hence the need for a control. To be specific, the countries under the umbrella of United Nations have continued to enjoy much prestige as compared to others since almost of the challenges they face are responded to on a wider dimension. Support is given in times of need and the international organizations have been at the forefront

Thesis: The role of the United Nations has changed from being primarily an international peacekeeping force to primarily a humanitarian organization.

The United Nations was handed the sacred duty of, in its own words, “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” While the UN was able to prevent another great war, and to an extent other large regional wars, it has still not met its key tenet of saving generations from the scourge of war. I believe that the UN has failed to promote peace successfully in the world, and its job as facilitator of peace hasn’t been met when countless conflicts have continued all over the globe. I believe that the UN has failed to promote world peace because, it has failed to create a system where collective security is followed by member states, it has failed to create a formula where peacekeeping can work successfully and consistently, and has

The United Nations held a responsibility to the superpowers to mitigate war, maintaining peace. After the failure of the League of Nations, the United Nations created a rigid structure that wasn’t as effective as many wanted, and the many crisis that happened,

Schlesinger utilizes this portion of his work to identify the ideological origins of the United Nations and to detail the intricacies of the organization’s foundation. He begins his discussion of the UN by outlining the political movements that led to its establishment. Schlesinger includes this analysis in order to illustrate the extent of humanity’s experimentation with international governance and law. The discussion attempts to determine key differences between the United Nations and its predecessors (Schlesinger 2003). Schlesinger then examines the negotiations which took place between the Allied Powers as World War II drew to a close (Schlesinger 2003). These negotiations resulted in the formation of the international organizations which structure global society today.

The United Nations Organisation is an international organisation. They were mainly set up to encourage international cooperation with the goal and vision of solving global problems. The United Nations organisation works towards various issues, such as peace keeping and security, climate change, sustainable development, human rights, disarmament, terrorism, humanitarian, health emergencies and more.

The United Nations successfully ensure guaranteed safety through peacekeeping operations. In four continents, the UN implements 16 ongoing missions and inserts 100 troops and personals. (United Nations Foundation, n.d.) Although the peacekeeping missions do not perfectly accomplish their goals, they are making a constructive progress as praised in 2000 report. (Nossel, 2005) Thanks to their activity, a plenty of international organizations, NGOs and NPOs can intervene problematic areas much easier than without the UN.One of the successful operations taken place in Liberia embodies the UN’s capability to conduct peacekeeping activity.Due to an exertion of UNMIL, cooperative institutions were able to carry out their actions such as restoration of fundamental security throughout Liberia; UNMIL contributed to reduction of weapon among combats.

As I have gained a strong foundational understanding of concepts and ideas apart of international relations such as human rights, peace and conflict resolution, foreign policy, development and humanitarian action, the UNSS program will allow me to take what I have learned thus far and apply it to the UN and to international crisis’s happening in the world today. The class will assist me in developing a skill set necessary to pursue a career in international affairs, specifically by providing scholarly and practitioner training. In times where people question the abilities of the UN, I believe more than ever that it’s organizations like the UN that are needed, especially in today’s world, to maintain international peace, cooperation, and development. The opportunity to learn and better understand every aspect of the UN will allow me to not only reinforce my understanding of international crisis’s past and present but also develop the analytical skills necessary for my future endeavors in international

“ Here is a task truly of, by and for the world, one that should rally nations. The nature of this task however, must be clearly understood; only then can suitable means for accomplishing it be formulated, only then can the role that the United Nations could and should play be appreciated” ( Wilcox/Haviland, 29). There are many international organizations that have been talked about throughout this semester. One of the most important ones is The United Nations. The United Nations was established October 24, 1945, and has since then been impacting the country. The United Nations main purpose according to the lecture notes is “ to provide a global additional structure through which states can sometimes settle conflicts with less reliance on the use of force , for whole purpose of the United Nations is to provide the globe a forum by which countries may settle disputes through this forum peacefully as opposed to relying on a force which has been the case historically” ( Kopalyan, Module 8). Thus meaning The United Nations was set up to handle problems peacefully rather than going to war to try and solve problems. “Powerful economic as well as political forces are at work to bring about a growing integration of the world community, and the United Nations and its related agencies are uniquely fitted to assist in the task” (Wilcox/Haviland,45). This was some of the reason that the United Nations was created.

The United Nations, with its rigid moral and political limitations against force, has become a benchmark of peace and a social achievement of modern times. From war torn Europe, the United Nations developed from five major powers with an initial goal to prevent the spread of warfare through peaceful means and to establish and maintain fundamental human rights. Through the past fifty years, this organization has broadened its horizons with auxiliary organizations from peace keeping missions to humanitarian aid, to economic development. However, in a modern example of ethnic cleansing, the UN faces new a new role as a bystander as its power is bypassed by NATO forces. The UN, however, promises to be an

The UN was made after World War II. Like the Alliance of Countries, it was focused around the presumption that the successful wartime forces would keep the global peace. Dissimilar to the previous Class, in any case, the UN tried impressive endeavors to accommodate and acclimatize the vanquished countries of World War II. Likewise, the quick development of its participation because of decolonization gave new countries a voice and impact that they had never had previously. In its prelude, the Sanction of the United Countries stated its objectives as expressed by Langholtz (2010):

The purpose of this paper is to examine the six chapters assigned for this week. First, in Weiss et al.’s first chapter entitled The Theory of UN Collective Security, the authors elaborate on the foundation and purpose of the United Nations serves on a global scale by means of collectivity. Second, chapter four entitled Evolving Security Operations: Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone, Lebanon, Sudan, Cote d’Ivoire, Libya, and Syria, provides specific examples of relations between the United Nations and individual nation-states, the progress the UN has made in developing countries, and how the resistance the UN faces affect the organization as well as the population they serve. Third, chapter ten of Weiss et al.’s book, Sustainable Development as Process: UN Organizations and Norms focuses on the humanitarian efforts of the UN, especially in the focus of establishing self-sufficiency in developing countries. Then the three chapters in Pease’s book, Security, The Environment, and Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues, focus on three key issues facing the international organizations today.

The United Nations has several specific purposes that it tries to fulfill. First, its primary goal is to maintain international peace and security. According to the UN’s website, there are five main ways that it fulfills this purpose. First by preventing conflict before it even starts- specifically with diplomatic discussions and actions in a peaceful manner. Second, the UN maintains international security with peace keeping organizations. For example, the UN currently is working as the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti to not only help with the rebuilding after the devastating earthquakes but also simply maintain peace in the country. In addition to working in preventative and peacekeeping ways, the United Nations also works towards peace with Peace Building activities, such as its work in Burundi until 2012. The United nations’ fourth way it maintains peace is by combating terrorism- which is arguably the opposite of peace. In the United Nations’ plan of action for combating terrorism, it states that its members will “consistently, unequivocally and strongly condemn terrorism in

Under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, peacekeeping missions can be launched by the Security Council of the United Nations in the aim to secure peace and to help populations in reconstructing stable and durable government and institutions (United Nations, 1945). This essay will focus on the peacekeeping mission created in 2002 at the request of the Government of Afghanistan, "to assist it and the people… in laying the foundations for sustainable peace and development in the country" (UNAMA, n.d.). This mission is called the United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and has been prolonged by the resolution 2145 (March 17, 2014), for twelve more months. First, a historical background of the situation will be provided that will help to understand the intervention of the international community. Then, the essay will focus on the interests of each participant in the mission, especially how regional actors were convinced that an intervention will benefit them. Finally, an appreciation of the effectivity and the efficiency of the mission will be presented through a journalistic perception and also from members of the UN themselves. Mainly, this essay is trying to demonstrate that, even though UNAMA brought incontestable aid to the country, it has been, since the beginning of the mission, challenged and contested. It was reproached its cooperation with the authoritarian Afghan government, but also its blurred line with the U.S. own mission of war on terrorism.