Hi,
I have a Global SAC on Wednesday and I'm a little confused about the Institutions of Global Governance, and how you have to be able to explain its aims, objectives, power, influence, role etc.
For example, I'll do the United Nations. One aim of the United Nations is that it attempts to maintain international peace and security. The United Nations has many roles to achieve this such as investigate situations threatening international peace or recommend a peaceful resolution of a dispute, but more specifically it can achieve this through the role of Peacekeeping, or enforcing its military power. The United Nations currently has over 80,000 peacekeepers positioned around the globe in 15 missions on 4 different continents. More specifically, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan is a peacekeeping mission with 7,000 peacekeepers trying to maintain the peace between South Sudan and its neighbours. However, the United Nations is completely reliant on its members of the General Assembly and its fundings, in which in 2013 it had a budget of $7.2 billion for its military which is pretty small when compared to what Australia spent on its military which was $26 billion in 2013. Moreover, the structure of the United Nations and its Security Council means any permanent (not sure but possibly temporary members) members who are the Big 5 (UK, USSR, USA, France, China) are able to veto anything that comes up in the Security Council.
That is essentially all I know about the United Nations, and that it was founded in October 24th 1945 as a result of the initiative of the great powers who led the war against Japan and Germany to set up a system that reflected the power structures post World War II which included the Big 5 who are permanent members of the Security Council.
If I get asked to evaluate the power or influence of the United Nations, what could I possibly write? I've already been told that I'm going to get asked a question like that for each of the IGG's but on no resource does it actually detail the forms of power or influence these institutions have. Theoretically, I could be like the UN has influence over its member-states who can in reality ignore the institution etc. but I would like something solid. Pls help? e