IAFF 6101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference
23 Mar 2016
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Cop 21 = conference of paries -> 60,000 delegates. The un started in 145 ater the league of naions crashed (signed into being in san francisco). Imf is sort of a bank, and the world bank is a sort of fund lord cains. Imf and wb are considered specialized agencies of the un. Doubts about the un has risen, but its authority also has increased. Structure: general assembly forum for debate (one country = one vote, security council ensures peace and security (5 permanent members: china, france, russia, us, Uk) -> will need to change the structure soon: could look more like the g20 (e. g. japan and. Germany are one of the largest donors but are not a part of the security council as they lost the war in 1945: economic and social council oversees un"s economic, social, humanitarian, and cultural aciviies. Internaional court of jusice setles legal disputes submited by states. 4: secretariat execuive and administraive bureaucracy.
