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International Governmental Organizations
The interest and polices of the member states
Put forward by the representatives of the respective states
They are established by treaty or executive agreement between two or more states
To provide a means and a forum for cooperation among states in functional areas
Where cooperation offers advantages for all or most of the member states
Political
Economic
Military
Cultural
Social
Technical
Legal
Developmental in nature
Transnational Institutions
They are Institutions whose membership trascends traditional states boundaries
But that have not clear authority to enforce their desicions on their members
Characteristics
Permanent headquarters
Professional staffs
Secretariats
Develop loyalty to the IGO
Objectives
Debated and determinated by conferences or assemblies
Executive councils
Developing operational plans that reflect the long term objectives determined by the assembly
DO
Provide
A rudimentary regional or otherwise defined governmental function
A forum for communications for states
Convenient locations for representatives of states to meet informally and discuss issues that they cannot discuss elsewhere
Distribute
Scare goods and services
Offer
Potential for collective defense and pacekeeping
Regulators
Serve in a number of capacities ranging from health and postal services to meteorology and atomic energy
Enhance the military capabilities states
Indispensable Adjuncts for sevices rendered too rarely by states and condemned as costly bureaucracies that consume a dispropotionate amount of the goods and services they ares supposed to distribute
Perform
Supranational Political Function
They hace acquired power to make decisions that are binding on member states even if unanimous consent has not been achieved
The United Nations
Most important IGO
Permanent system of general security
Moscow Conference of Forenign Ministers
Regulate the postwar world
50 countries met in San Francisco
Structure
Security Council
5 permanent members
10 nonpermanent representatives
Actions on collective security issues and economic sanctions
Authorizes deployment of UN pacekeeping forces
General Assembly
Representatives from all governments that have ratlfled the UN Chartes
Passes resolutions on issues ranging from self-determination and coloniaism to women´s rights and the global distribution of wealth
Sectretariat
Organizes conferens
Collects and publishes statistics on global societal, economic and cultural trends
Administers UN pacekepping missions
Provides others information about the UN and its activities
ECOSOC
Overseas the activities of the UN´s specialized agencies, conferences, and funds
54 members
International Court of Justice
Hears cases that are refererred to it by members of the General Assembly or Security Council
Trusteeship Council
Suspended in 1994
as occasion requires