POL 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Muammar Gaddafi, United Nations Support Mission In Libya, United Nations Supervision Mission In Syria
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Un charter: trying to protect the sovereignty of member states by putting in, decoloni ation, unga (cid:840)un general assembly(cid:841) balance e. Interim: focus on peacekeeping: some basic facts, un budget i. ii. About -8 billion more for peacekeeping i. ii. iii. iv. i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. i. ii. place collective security. Sovereignty: based on , can lose sovereignty. Intergovernmentalism - authoritative decisions are made by representatives of states acting on behalf of governments (oluntary, state interests: countries/governments working together and making decisions, 5 permanent (cid:840)p5(cid:841) members have veto power/openly in charge: russia, france, us, uk, china. Little cooperation; soviet vetoes: cold )ar derailment , no standing army i. ii, no use of force w/o approval from security council. All 5 of the p5 member states have to agree to use of force. An intergovernmental organi ation whose actions are strictly constrained by the interests of its member states.