GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Democratic Deficit, Neoliberalism, United Nations Economic And Social Council
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The un was set up to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war . Subjective debate as to what the un is supposed to be a platform for international dialogue. Since the un does not tell states what to do, un does not have much power to be an independent actor. 193 member states as close to universal as possible. 1 member, 1 vote tuvalu has the same vote as china. World"s talking shop dialogue takes place creating trust, however ga does not accomplish much of anything. Decisions are binding, may authorize military use. Comprised of 10 temp members and 5 permanent members (us, uk, france, russia, If one permanent member vetoes a resolutions, it fails. Tasks: peacekeeping, peacebuilding, responding to aggression (kuwait, crimea) Prompted by ww2 , has high level of authority. Supranational institution, can create laws, levy taxes, create money. Eu began as a way of managing coal and steel between germany and france therefore integrating economies.
