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 THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Prepared by: DIWATA V. DONATO THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS There is no glob...

 THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Prepared by: DIWATA V. DONATO THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS There is no global government. PHOTO: UNITED NATIONS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS Global governance - the sum of laws, norms, policies and institutions that define, constitute and mediate trans- border relations between states, cultures, citizens, intergovernmental and non- governmental organizations and the market – the wielders and the objects of the exercise of international public power. PHOTO: REUTERS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS Global governance is a rules-based order without government. no central authority and little enforcement PHOTO: REUTERS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS action on the issues confronting humanity in the 21st century, such as peace and security, climate change, sustainable development, human rights, disarmament, terrorism, humanitarian and health emergencies, gender equality, governance, food PHOTO: UNITED NATIONS production and more THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS The main bodies of the United Nations are: the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the UN Secretariat. PHOTO: UNITED NATIONS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN. PHOTO: UNITED NATIONS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS 193 Member States only UN body with universal representation The Assembly has adopted its own rules of procedures and elects its President for each session. THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS The Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. PHOTO: UNITED NATIONS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS 15 Members 5 permanent and 10 non-permanent members US, UK, France, Russia, China PHOTO: UNITED NATIONS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS The Economic and Social Council is the principal body for coordination, policy review, policy dialogue and recommendations on economic, social and environmental issues, as well as implementation of internationally agreed development goals. PHOTO: UNITED NATIONS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS It is the United Nations’ central platform for reflection, debate, and innovative thinking on sustainable development. THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS It has 54 Members, elected by the General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. PHOTO: UNITED NATIONS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS Specialized Agencies: FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization UPU: Universal Postal Union ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization WHO: World Health Organization IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural WIPO: World Intellectual Property Development Organization ILO: International Labour Organization WMO: World Meteorological IMF: International Monetary Fund Organization IMO: International Maritime Organization World Bank Group ITU: International Telecommunication Union IBRD: International Bank for UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific Reconstruction and Development and Cultural Organization IDA: International Development UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Association Organization IFC: International Finance Corporation THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS The Trusteeship Council was established to provide international supervision for 11 Trust Territories and ensure that adequate steps were taken to prepare the Territories for self- government and independence. PHOTO: UNITED NATIONS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS The Trusteeship Council suspended operation on November 1, 1994. PHOTO: UNITED NATIONS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. PHOTO: UNITED NATIONS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS Peace Palace in the Hague (Netherlands) PHOTO: UNITED NATIONS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies. PHOTO: UNITED NATIONS THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE UNITED NATIONS The Secretariat comprises the Secretary-General and tens of thousands of international UN staff members who carry out the day-to- day work of the UN as mandated by the General Assembly and the Organization’s other principal bodies. The Secretary-General is Chief Administrative Officer of the PHOTO: UNITED NATIONS Organization. ANTONIO GUTERRES THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE CONCLUSION “problems without passports” - problems which are transnational Today, unquestionably a growing number of problems are recognized as such and thus require the globalization of policy making – finding solutions without passports. THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE CONCLUSION preventing and managing conflicts regulating armaments championing human rights and international humanitarian law liberating the colonized, providing economic and technical aid in newly liberated countries PHOTO: UNHCR organizing elections THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE CONCLUSION empowering women educating children feeding the hungry sheltering the dispossessed and displaced housing the refugees tending to the sick PHOTO: UNHCR coordinating disaster relief and assistance THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE CONCLUSION UN also demonstrated a failure to tackle urgent collective-action problems due to institutionalized inability, incapacity or unwillingness. THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE CONCLUSION International organizations play an increasingly important and intrusive role in people’s lives. The United Nations system with universal state membership and mechanisms for involving non-state actors comes as close as we have when it comes to global governance. Our immediate aim is to help enhance order in international relations. THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE REFERENCES Thakur, R. & Weiss, T. (2014). The United Nations Meets the Twenty-first Century: Confronting the Challenges of Global Governance. In M. B. Steger, P. Battersby, & J. M. Siracusa, The SAGE Handbook of Globalization (2014 ed., Vol. 1, pp. 489-504). SAGE Publications Ltd. United Nations. (n.d.). Main Bodies. https://www.un.org/en/about- us/main-bodies