INR 2001 Chapter 6: Chapter 6

• School: University of Florida
• Department: International Relations
• Course: INR 2001
• Professor: Nolan

Document Summary

Created by states to solve problems: nongovernmental organizations (ngos) United nations (igo: nearly universal membership, maintaining international peace and security, contains the general assembly, security council, economic and social council, trusteeship council, international court of justice, secretariat, little control over its members, security council. 5 permanent members: the us, uk, france, russia, china veto power to protect their own interests. World trade organization (igo: created after ww2, tariff reduction institution, liberal trade agenda. The world bank (igo: originally established to support reconstruction efforts in europe after ww2, bank offers global south countries loans with lower interest rates, goal to end poverty. European union (rio: regional intergovernmental organization, peaceful cross border cooperation that has produced an integrated security community with a single economy, dedication to liberal democratic governance and capitalist free markets, pooled sovereignty. Legal authority granted to an igo by its members to make collective decisions regarding specified aspects of public policy heretofore made exclusively by each sovereign government.