INTLSTD 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter UN: Millennium Development Goals, New International Economic Order, Group Of 77

• School: U of M
• Department: International Studies
• Course: INTLSTD 101
• Professor: Greta Uehling

Document Summary

Still the only international intergovernmental organization (igo) with global scope and nearly universal membership. Biggest question: how could there be collective security when the great powers in the. Have developed peacekeeping: the prevention, containment, and moderation of hostilities between or within states through the use of troops. Much used in the middle east and decolonization. The nuclear revolution made the un focus on arms control and disarmament. Endorses self-determination to press for the end of colonialism. The un provides a forum for collective legitimation: the change in international norms. Colonialism and imperialism no longer acceptable; self-determination. Group of 77 (g-77): a group of less developed, newly independent states. Commanded a majority of votes on many issues after 1960. Cold war shaped un politics before 1960, north-south issues shaped politics after 1960. Western europe and the soviet union often sided with g-77, us in minority. Un dominated by economic and social development issues.