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International Organisations
Vahur Made
Estonian School of DiplomacyOctober 10-13, 2011
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Course outline
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Course content- Description of IO phenomenon
- World organisations with the main focus on theUN,
- Regional organisations,
- Discussion on multilateralism on global and
regional level (Eugrasp and EU4Seas workingpapers, particularly WPs of van Langenhove
and Vaquer).
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Grading
- Research paper on an UN topic givenby me,
- Delivered to: [email protected],
- Should reach this address by November
4, 2011. 24:00 Estonian time.- All late-coming papers are automaticallygraded F.
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Different types of short papers:
- Referative piece: description only,
- Essay: presentation of a point of view,- Research paper: argument based onknowledge (literature, published sources).
However, no need to produce newknowledge (primary sources, unpublisheddata etc.).
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Grading is based on four components:
- mastering of the subject matter,
- existence of clear research argumenttogether with logical argumentation,
- logical structure,
- bibliography and sources used andrefereed.
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Technical features:
- 4-6 pages (NOT MORE!),
- 12 points font,- Times New Roman style,
- 1.5 line space
COPY-PASTE IS PROHIBITED! ANY SUCHPIECE WILL BE GRADED F.
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Electronic databases (1):
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UN-related links:
- http://www.un.org
- http://www.globalpolicy.org EU 7th FP research projects:
- http://www.eugrasp.eu
- http://www.eu4seas.eu
http://www.un.org/http://www.globalpolicy.org/http://www.eugrasp.eu/http://www.eu4seas.eu/http://www.eu4seas.eu/http://www.eugrasp.eu/http://www.globalpolicy.org/http://www.un.org/ -
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General introduction
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IOs in IR
IO: not only a phenomenonbut also aCONCEPT in IR
The principal dilemma: concept of ORDER the IOs are seen challenging the
position of STATES as institutions of order
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IOs in IR
State-based orders in IR
- International society (all sovereignstates)
- International community (all sovereignstates following the common rules ofconduct)
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Forms of order in IR (Hedley Bull. TheAnarchical Society: a Study of Order in WorldPolitics, 1977)
- balance of power (balance of fear, bipolarity)- great power domination (pax Romana, paxAmericana)
- international law/justice/arbitration- diplomacy
- war
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Critique of state-based order of IR
StatesNationalinterests
Disorder
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We need IOs for (idealist view):
- preventing states creating disorder
- keeping the existing forms of order- helping to re-establish order afterdisorder
States = disorderIOs = order
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IOs in IR
IOs vis--vis States
IO StateEQUAL
(multilateral)Buzan, functionalists,
institutionalists
SUPREME(supranational)
IL scholars,federalists
SUBMISSED(uni- and bilateral)Morgenthau,realists, trans-governmentalists
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Other concepts related to the IOs
- international (supranational) law/norms- violence
- legitimacy
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IOs and international (supranational)law/norms
- IOs as creators of international law (law/norm
initiatives, negotiations) Alfred Zimmern.League of Nations and the Rule of Law, 1939.
- IOs as international control and coercion bodies
(monitoring, fact-finding, sanctioning)
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IOs and violence (in case of political IOs)
Violence creating order or disorder?(WW1 example)
IOs monopoly of violence? Peacebuilders? security communities (KarlDeutsch)?
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World War 1 influence on IOs
- unprecedented violence (20 mil. casualties) violence becomes non-legitimised
- old monarchies fall (Germany, Austria, Russia),elites distrusted
- diplomacy and secrecy discredited, demand of
open diplomacy- national self-determination state equality
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Security community
An international community whereviolence is not used in mutual relations
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IOs and legitimacy (1)
IOs as providers of legitimacyIOs more legitimate than states?
Why states seek IO legitimacy?
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IOs and legitimacy (2)
IOs as providers of legitimacy
- heritage of concert diplomacy- attempt of bringing democratic standardsto the IR
- basis of international cooperation intechnical fields
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IOs and legitimacy
IOs more legitimate than states?
- international law can not be generated by
one or some states only, but it can begenerated by an IO
- political decisions of an IO are hardly
disputed by international community,decisions by individual states are oftendisputed
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IOs and legitimacy
Why do states seek IO legitimacy?
- consent of international community(cases of Kosovo and Iraq)
- consent of domestic public (IO legitimacymay not be always needed)
- main aim is to lessen the burden of policy-making (Morgenthau and the realist view)
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Union of International Associations
Established in Brussels in 1907
Publishes The Yearbook of International OrganizationsKeeps online databases of IOs and IO-related matters
Homepage
http://www.uia.be/
Union of International Associations
Established in Brussels in 1907
Publishes The Yearbook of International OrganizationsKeeps online databases of IOs and IO-related matters
Homepage
http://www.uia.be/
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Seven features of IO (by UIA):
- Three-members rule (voluntarity rule)
- Round-table principle
- International treaty
- Non-profit
- International civil servant
- Charter and permanent administration
- Uninterrupted activity
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IO as an international legal entity- IO is juridically equal to state and can havestate-like features- independent bureaucracy- diplomatic representation- territory (UN)- postal service (UN)
- armed forces (UN,NATO)- foreign policy (EU)etc.
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Cooperation
Common policies
without the transferof sovereignty
Integration
Common policies with
the transfer ofsovereignty
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IO classification
- membership type
- membership geographic scope- areas of activity
- structures
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IOs in IRCompetence
Comprehensive
Issue-specific
UN EU
ILOWHO ESA
OPEC
RestrictedMembership Universal
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IOs by membership type
inter-governmental IOs
international nongovernmental
organisationshybrid IO
transgovernmental IO
international political party
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International regimes
Institutions that have common features tothe IOs but which do not make policydecisions but carry out monitoring andcontrol functions only (GATT, International
Ocean Convention).
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IOs in IR
Trans- and Multinational Corporations
- TNC private corporation whichoperates in many countries but has the
headquarters in one country (Coca-Cola)- MNC business enterprise establishedby an international treaty (SAS)
TNCs and MNCs are not considered beingIOs. But they may create IOs (likeprofessional world federations)
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Membership geographic scope
- global organisations (multicontinentalorganisations, organisations withoutgeographically restricted membership)
- regional organisations (organisationswith geographically restrictedmembership)
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Areas of IO activity
IO
Multi-functional
Mono-functional
Religious
Technical
Political
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IO classification by structure
- Division of powers between plenary andpermanent structures
- Members voting power (equal or not)
- Members influence on IOs decisions
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Function Authority Delegation Example
Programme
organisations
Strongly binding
Intergovernmental UN
Supranational EU
Loosely bindingIntergovernmental OSCE
Supranational IWC
Operationalorganisations
Strong inimplementation
Intergovernmental OPEC
Supranational IMF, World Bank
Weak inimplementation
Intergovernmental ICO
Supranational UNHCR
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Main dilemmas related to IO implemen-tation:
- program IOs aiming at implementation oftheir decisions,
- state sovereignty versusstrong IO imple-mentation.
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IO structures
- Plenary bodies- Parliamentary bodies
- Permanent (restricted membership) bodies
- Secretariates- Judicial and arbitrary bodies
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Member states
Governments
Plenary body Parliamentary body
Executive body Administrative body
Judicial or arbitrary body
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IO decision making
- majority voting (consensus, simple-,absolute- and qualified majority)
- weighted voting
- conference strategy
- package deal
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History of IO development (1)
Early IO-like institutions- unions of states (defence, trade)
- Roman Catholic Church
- religious orders
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Oldest still-existing IO
The Order of Emperor Constantine
Established in 312
Aimed at educating the cross-congregationalChristian elite
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History of IO development (2)
Conditions necessary for modern IOs (Inis
Claude):- large number of sovereign states
- increasing number of interstate relations
(notably increased trade and communication)- increasing need to solve the problems of co-existence
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History of IO development (3)
Emergence of technical organisations in the 19th
century- on IG level the transport organisations (1805
Central Navigation Commission of Rhein River)
- NGO level the anti-slave trade organisations(1840 International Anti-Slavery Convention,1864 International Red Cross)
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History of IO development (4):
On the 20th century the political IOsemerge:
1899 and 1907 Hague conferences(restrictions on the use of violence, rulesof war, international arbitration etc.)
1919 the League of Nations, 1945 UN
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League of Nations
In comparison with the UN
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LON and UNO
League of Nations
Established in 1919 inParis PeaceConference
Ended its activities in1946
Had all together 63
member states, 45 in1946
Covenant
United Nations
Established in 1945 inSan FranciscoConference
Has currently 192member states
Charter
www.un.org
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LON and UNO
Founding of the League of Nations
+ Post WW1 environment (German defeat)
+ Woodrow Wilsons initiative
+ US withdrawal
+ Organisation dominated by Britain and France
+ Accession of Germany
+ Withdrawal of Japan, Germany and Italy+ Accession and expulsion of the USSR
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LON an UNO
League of Nations historical landmarks
+ Post WW1 conflicts in Europe (Germanborders in the East, Lithuania and Poland,
Aland islands, Corfu incident and otherBalkan conflicts)
+ Mosul crisis 1923-1926
+ Manchuria 1931-1933+ Abyssinian war 1935-1937
+ Finnish-Soviet war 1939-1940
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LON and UNO
Structure of the League of Nations
+ Assembly
+ Council (permanent and semi-permanent
members)+ Secretariate
+ Secretaries-General:
James Eric Drummond (1919-1933), British
Joseph Avenol (1933-1940), French
Ian Sean Lester (1940-1946), Irish
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LON and UNO
LNO: other issues
+ mandates (A,B,C)
+ disarmament
+ refugees
+ technical and humanitarian issues
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UN birthday
On 26 June 1945 in San Francisco the UNCharter was signed,
On 24 October 1945 the Charter came into
force the UN Day,
On 20 April 1946 the League of Nationswas dissolved
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LON and UNO
Founding of UN (problems)
+ very closely attached to the internationalsituation of April 1945, Charter as the
document of winners+ a frozen Charter, almost impossible toamend the UN charter
+ many important powers of the currentworld underreprsented (Germany, Japan,Arab countries, EU, India etc.)
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LON and UNO
LON Covenant
+ 26 articles
+ membership, structures
+ disarmament, securityguarantees (art. 10),arbitration, definition ofagression and sanctions(art. 16)
+ int. treaties, mandatorysystem, humanitarianissues
UN charter
+ 19 chapters
New things:
Definition of sovereigntyHuman rights
Conflict prevention
Regional security
organisationsChp. 17 (WW2 clauses)
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LON and UNO
UNO structures: main differencescompared to LON
+ veto
+ ECOSOC
+ Trusteeship Council
+ network of sub-institutions and regionalheadquarters (the UN system)
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Why the LNA was not reformed?
LNA a Franco-British institution, too Euro-centric,
USSR was expelled in 1939,
USA never became a member,
Axis allies and Baltic states members,
The idea of world policeman.
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United Nations
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UN Charter
UN goals:
- maintenance of peace and resolution ofconflicts,
- human rights,- equality (gender, big and small states etc.),
- socio-economic well-being.
International community:- sovereign states only.
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UN Charter
UN membership:
- Every peace-loving nation,
- Currently 192 members, Holy See(Vatican) and Palestine Authority areobservers (should EU also become anobserver?)
- Members approved by GA majority,recommendation from SC needed.
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UN Charter
UN institutions
* General Assembly,
* Security Council,
* Secretariate,
* ECOSOC,
* Trusteeship Council,
* International Court of Justice,
* UN system.
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UN Security Council
Importance of Security Council:- binding resolutions,
- right to impose sanctions (incl. military),- together with Secretary General exercises leadership inUN peace-and-conflict activities,
- approves new Members States and appoints newSecretaries General,
- since 1945 there have been 4,000 SC meetings
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UN Security Council
UN Security Council composition:
- 5 permanent members (P5),
- veto-right, one or more P5s votes againstthe SC resolution
- 10 non-permanent members (6 before1965),
- Military Staff Committee.
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UN Security Council
Development of P5 concept prior San Franciscoconference:
* USA and UK announcing Atlantic Charter 1941, UKagrees that UN should be established and LNAdemolished,
* USSR adheres to AC in 1942, agrees with the idea ofUN,
* China promoted by the USA in 1943 Cairo conferenceas the main ally against Japan, USSR hopes that afterCommunist victory China becomes its ally in the UN,
* France disliked by the USA (particularly de Gaulle),but supported by UK, and eventually USSR. Stalin hopesthat critical de Gaulle weakens US position in the UN.Finally approved by Roosevelt in 1945 Yalta conference.
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UN Security Council
Veto* veto I prohibit* 1,400 SC resolutions (1946-1990 annualaverage 15 resolutions, after 1990 annually
about 60 resolutions)* 300 vetoes* Election of a new SG 15%* Admission of a new MS 20%
* Chapter VII (threats to international peace andsecurity) and implemantation of previous SCresolutions 65%
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UN Security Council
Frequency and nature of veto-use:* 1946-1961: beginning of the Cold War, 40-60% SCresolution drafts vetoed, in 1949 and 1956 80% vetoed,almost entirely USSR vetos,
* 1961-1970: after Cuban missile crisis (1961) clear veto-
decrease, 5-20% vetoed, almost entirely USSR vetos,* 1970-1990: late Cold War, veto-increase, 20% vetoed,predominantly US vetos.
* 1990-2007: post Cold War, drastic veto-drop, 21 vetosalltogether, 2% vetoed, mostly US vetos. The hidden
veto: many issues are not brought to resolution level asP5 members indicate their likely veto (Kosovo 1999 andcurrently).
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UN Security Council
Bargaining in the Security Council
Veto powers 1+2 Veto power 3 Veto power 4+5
Militaryintervention
Sanction No action
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UN Security Council
Alternatives to bargaining:
- purchasing of votes (economic andfinancial concessions through aid orloans),
- bypassing the SC.
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UN Security Council
Veto-users Top-5 (vetos on electing SGare classified):
* USSR/Russia (since 1991): 123
* USA: 82
* UK: 32
* France: 18* China (until 1971 Taiwan): 6
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UN Security Council
USSR/Russian veto-using:* First veto in 1946* Vetos in major Cold War crises (Greece,Czechoslovakia in 1948 and 1968, Berlin, disarmamentand arms control, Hungary,
Israel/Egypt(Suez)/Syria,Lebanon, India/Pakistan,Cyprus, Vietnam/Cambodia/China, Afghanistan)
* UN membership of pro-Western states (Finland 1947,Italy 1948). Culmination in 1955.
* Last Cold War-veto by USSR in 1984, first post Cold
War veto by Russia in 1993.* 3 post Cold War vetos (Cyprus, Bosnia, Myanmar).* Usually vetoes alone. In 1946 one veto with France and1972 and 2007 with China.
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UN Security Council
Importance of vetoto USSR/Russia:* Great power status symbol,
* Guarantee (sovereignty, US domination),
* (Imaginary) tool to control the USA and its useof force,
* Russia sees the UN and SC exactly the sameway as US does. If UN restricts Russian
sovereignty then Moscow is very ready to takeactions without UNs consent (Trans-Nistria,Abkhazia, South-Ossetia etc.).
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UN Security Council
US veto-using:* First veto in 1970,* Major Cold War issues: Middle East(Israel/Palestine/Lebanon/Syria/Libya) and
Central America (Nicaragua, Grenada,Panama),* Together with UK and France conflicts in SouthAfrica (SAR, Namibia, Rhodesia, Angola),
* Post Cold War issues: Middle East(Israel/Gaza) and International Criminal Court.
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UN Security Council
Importance of vetoto the USA:
* US sees itself as an alternative institutionto the UN (coalitions of willing),
* Veto is seen not quite as a sovereigntyguarantee but rather as a toolof USforeign policy,
* Veto helps to marginalise UN if USinterests require so.
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UN Security Council
British and French veto-using:* First French veto in 1946, British in 1956,* Mainly joint vetos or in association with theUSA,
* Suez crisis, colonial issues (Rhodesia, SAR,Namibia, Comoros, Falkland), Libya.
Veto and the EU:* Britain and France have not managed to bring
the EU voice to the SC,* It is the USA who is pushing the EU to replacethe UN in European affairs (ex-Yugoslavia).
S C
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UN Security Council
Chinese veto-using:* First veto in 1955 by Taiwan, first Communist veto in 1972,* Wanting to present its great power-status (Middle East 1972),* UN membership applications (Mongolia 1955, Bangladesh 1972),* Because of official relations to Taiwan (Guatemala 1997, Macedonia
1999),
* Wanting to preserve a neighboring friendly regime (Myanmar 2007),* If China dislikes the SC resolution then usually abstaines from voting
seeing that USA or USSR/Russia will do the job anyway,* China has NOT vetoed: Korean war (1950), India/Pakistan,
Vietnam/Cambodia (1970s), Vietnam-China war (1979),* China sees the SC mainly as a security and sovereignty guarantee. SC
veto guarantees that China is not considered neither as US norRussian client.
* China is not quite enthusiastic about UN international interventionmechanisms seeing them as threats to its sovereignty.
UN S i C il
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UN Security Council
Veto reform proposals:
* Abolishing veto,
* Allowing veto only in Chapter 7 cases
* New permanent members without veto
* Veto needs at least two supporters
UN S i C il
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UN Security Council
P5 reform proposals:
* Germany and Japan (P5+2),
* Common seat for the EU,
* India,
* Africa (Egypt, SAR, Nigeria rotating),
* Latin America (Brazil)
UN S i C il
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UN Security Council
Non-permanent members (NPMs):* Currently 10 NPMs: 3 from Africa, 2 from Asia, WesternEurope and Latin America, 1 from Eastern Europe,
* Nominated by regional groups, elected by the GA,* 75 states (39% of UN members) have never beenelected to the SC,
* Cathegories of NPMs:- Aspirants to permanent membership (Germany, India),- Medium-sized NPMs (Sudan, Sweden),
- Small-sized NPMs (Finland, Panama),- Outsiders (too small/micro or poor, in bad terms withP5 or otherwize problematic, passive).
UN S i C il
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UN Security Council
UN SC of 24 members? Why it is important to become an UN SC non-
permanent member?
- Influence?
- Information?
- Prestige?
- Experience?
- Diplomatic training?
UN G l A bl
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UN General Assembly
Importance of the GA:
* Forum for all UN members,
* High-level meetings/dialogues,
* Non-binding resolutions (GA committees),* Initiatives put forward in the GA maylead tointernational conventions, become internationallaw,
* Possibility to bypass SC veto-situations,
* Elections and appointments to UN bodies.
UN G l A bl
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UN General Assembly
GA is competing with other UN institutions:
* Secretary-General (reforms, agenda,policy),
* Security Council (security, conflicts,peace-keeping),
* ECOSOC (socio-economic matters).
UN S t i t
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UN Secretariate
UN Secreataries General:Trygve Lie (Norway) 1946-1952
Dag Hammarskjld (Sweden) 1953-1961
Sithu U Thant (Burma/Myanmar) 1961-1971Kurt Waldheim (Austria) 1972-1981
Javier Perez de Cuellar (Peru) 1982-1991
Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt) 1992-1996
Kofi Annan (Ghana) 1997 2007
Ban Ki-moon (South-Korea) 2007 -
UN S t i t
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UN Secretariate
Electing UN Secretary General:- Candidates presented by Regional Groups,
- P5 citizens do not apply,
- SC vote. P5 support is crucial. GA vote is only formal.
UN Secreatariate reform (management reform):- More or less personell?
- Skills or representation?
- Structural duplication
- 38th floor gap
UN i d fli t
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UN in peace and conflict
Forms of UN peace-and-conflict activities:- preventive diplomacy (SG and SC),
- peace-keeping (SG and SC),
- peace enforcement (collective security,humanitarian intervention SC, memberstates, SG),
- post-conflict missions (police missions,nation building etc SG and SC)
Role of regional organisations?
UN ti di l
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UN preventive diplomacy
What the SG can do?* Bring the conflict to the UN agenda,* Use early warning, co-operate with media and memberstates,
During the Cold War SG had to ensure the support ofboth the USA and USSR, or the majority of Non-AlignedMovement states.
After the Cold War the possibility of humanitariancatastrophy activates the member states.
It is important to:* Target the conflict in its preliminary stage,* Start negotiations with conflicting parties,* Bring in the third parties who are able to offer exit-strategies,
* Face-saving of conflicting parties is very important.
UN d h it i i t ti
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UN and humanitarian intervention
Just war,
Intervene to save civilian lives,
Congo crisis first HI,
Human rights or state sovereignty? Attitudes towards foreign intervention:
- Exremely negative in Asia and Latin America,
- Rather supportive in Sub-Saharan Africa,- What about ex-Yugoslavia?
UN d h it i i t ti
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UN and humanitarian intervention
Responsibility to Protect (2001):- UN has the responsibility to protect the civilian lives,
- International community has to prevent conflicts, reactrapidly, and rebuild after the conflict,
- Before using force all other methods of conflicmanagement should be used (contradiction with rapidreaction?),
- Use of force must be in right proportions,
- Only for saving civilian lives. No other goals (likerestoring democracy etc.).
UN and nation b ilding
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UN and nation-building
Number of failed states is growing. Nationbuilding is UNs main post-conflict activity.
Legitimity in the eyes of local population: does
nation-building succeed through the UN-ledforeign autocracy?
Democracy or stability? Should UN help to buildstabile but non-democratic institutions?
Democracy is not everywhere legitimite. EU and nation-building in ex-Yugoslavia.
UN peace keeping
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UN peace-keeping
Problems:
* Financing,
* Mandate flexibility,
* Conflicting interestsof member states,
* Local tradition ofconflict escalation.
Successes:
* Cyprus case,
* Helps to prevent
inter-state conflictsescalating,
* Still a valuable formof international
military cooperation.
UN and peace keeping
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UN and peace-keeping
Main conflicts dealt by UN+ Arab-Israeli, since 1948+ Near East (Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Afghanistan)+ India-Pakistan (since 1947)+ Korea (1950-1953)+ Africa (Congo, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South-Africa, Rwanda, Darfur etc.)
+ Central America (Nicaragua, El Salvador)+ Cyprus+ Cambodia+ East Timor+ Ex-Yugoslavia
* During the Cold War marginal role for the UN. Actual conflict management was carriedout through the bilateral US-USSR negotiations.
UN peace keeping
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UN peace keeping
Currently 16 operations, 55,000 military personell UNs limits of its capacities?
Deployment of great powers (part. US) military forces?
Post 9/11: terrorism more important than peace keeping
Lakhdar Brahimi report (2000): Pre-MandateCommitment Authority, rapid deployment (90 days),Department for Peacekeeping Operations
Africa: 7 operations, 85 per cent of UN personell, role ofregional organisations, British and French interests
UN and USA
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UN and USA
Since the 1960s the GA becomes increasingly anti-American, UN Secretariate recruits personell on the basis of
regional representation, USA becomes increasingly critical towards the UN,
First serious US-UN crisis during Reagan administrationin the 1980s. US starts to curb its contribution into UNregular and peace-keeping budget,
Clinton administration in the 1990s. US takes lead inconflict management and sidelines the UN. Serious
conflicts with Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Kosovo crisis 1999, Bush Jr. administration since 2001. Iraq 2003. Oil-for-
Food crsis 2005-2006. John Bolton.
UN and USA
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UN and USA
USA has not joined the agreements on:* climate change (Kyoto protocol),
* small arms proliferation,
* biological weapons prohibition,* land mines prohibition,
* missile defence systems limitation,
* nuclear desting prohibition.
UN system
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UN system
Specialised agencies (19)
Related organisations (4)
Programmes and funds (13)
Research and training institutes (5)
Functional and Regional commissions(9+5)
Other entities and bodies
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Regional organisations
UN Charter and regional
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gorganisations
Chapter 8 of the UN Charter encouragesfor the regional arrangements formaintenance of international peace andsecurity,
Simultaneously it also says that noenforcement action shall be taken underregional agreements or by regional
agencies without the authorization of theSC.
Key regional organisations
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Key regional organisations
Europe:* The EU family (EU+EFTA(-Switzerland)=EEA),
* NATO,* Council of Europe,
* OSCE,
* EBRD,* Sub-regional organisations.
Key regional organisations
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Key regional organisations
Asia:* The Arab League,
* ASEAN,
* APEC,* ASEM/ ASEF (an EU-Asia linkage),
* ADB,
* SAARC, Shanghai CO, CIS and othersub-regional organisations.
Key regional organisations
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Key regional organisations
Africa:
* AU (formely OAU),
* AfDB,
* ECOWAS, SADC, COMESA and othersub-regional organisations.
Key regional organisations
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Key regional organisations
America:
* OAS,
* NAFTA,
* MERCOSUR,* FTAA,
* IADB,
* Andean Community, Central-American FTA,Carribean Cooperation Council and other sub-regional organisations.
Regional organisation concepts
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Regional organisation concepts
Classification of regional organisations:* Top-level: Supra-regional dominators (EU, AU, OAS).Political, economic or both.
* Medium-level: Aspiring supra-regional dominators
(NAFTA, MERCOSUR, ASEAN, others??).Mainlyeconomic, with emerging political ambitions.
* Ground-level: Sub-regional organisations (dominators,margins). Mostly economic, both often with clear politicalambitions.
* Discussion forums (international regimes). Bringing inglobal actors beyond regional or sub-regional borders(APEC, FTAA, development banks etc.).
Sub regionalism
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Sub-regionalism
Reasons for sub-regionalism:
* Powers: resources, ideas, norms,legitimacy,
* Counterweight to the supra-regionalpowers,
* Support for the middle-powers.
Models of regionalism
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Models of regionalism
Europe:
- No dominating supra-regional power,
- No power of decisive global influence,
- Global power emerges from united forcesof supra-regional powers(UK+Germany+France),
- Cooperation of attractiveness.
Models of regionalism:
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Models of regionalism:
Africa (Europes mirror-image):
- No dominating supra-regional power,
- African countries do not have any
substantial global influence,
- Cooperation based on shared poverty,and on common appeal for outside
resources.
Models of regionalism
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Models of regionalism
Asia:
* Very powerful sub-regions with individualglobal influence,
* No chance of emerging the onedominating supra-regional organisation,
* Sub-regions versusChina/Japan,
* Political power is the key element ofregionalisation.
Models of regionalism
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Models of regionalism
America:
* USA versusthe rest,
* Brazil versusLatin America,
* Cooperation based on antagonisms,
* Can Europe (still) be a model forAmerica?
Regional organisations
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Regional organisations
Established domination politicalambitions, conflict resolution.
Emerging leadership economic and
technical integration. Establishing phase economic and
technical cooperation.
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