International Organization and Co-op
Sources of International Law (ICJ)
International Agreements/Conventions, Customary International Law, General Principles of law, Judicial Decisions, Writings of Int'l Law Scholars
EU HQ
Brussels
NATO
Brussels
P-5
China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States
.": The four policemen
Concept that evolved from this FDR quote during WWII: "I have been visualizing a superimposed—or if you like it, a superassumed—obligation by Russia, China, Britain and ourselves that we will act as sheriffs for the maintenance of order during the transition period."
Mike Pompeo
Current U.S Secretary of State
Antonio Gutierres
Current UN Secretary General
Democratic Peace Theory
Democracies do not go to war with one another, thus if the world would be comprised exclusively of democracies, there would be no war
Core, periphery, semi-periphery
During the sixteenth century this three-fold division of labor developed within the capitalist world economy
ECOSOC:
Economic and social council
ECSC
European coal and Steel Community
The original United Nations
The Allied Powers
Two peace conferences were held in this city in 1899 and 1907
The Hague
The 14th point in the 14 point speech
The formation of a "general association of nations... under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.
self-determination
The principle that a "people" should enjoy the right to self-government
NATO and Warsaw Pact
Two main security alliances that dominated the Cold War era
Containment
U.S. political/military strategy/doctrine for countering perceived Soviet expansion
UNDP
UN Development Program
Palais de Nations
UN Headquarters in Geneva
United Nations Security Council
UN Organ delegated with the primary responsibility of peace and Security
Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary-General
United Nations Free Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
UN body that is mandated to deal with development and issues of trade
The 14 points speech
Wilson speech to congress on April 2, 1917 asking for a declaration of war
Private finance capital
a medium of exchange and a medium through which other resources can be acquired or transformed
Single most important distinguishing feature of the capitalist world economy:
The discontinuity between economic boundaries and states' jurisdictions
International Development Agency
The soft-loan window of the world bank
World Bank HQ
Washington D.C
Two predominant world systems and an infinite array of transnational cultural systems are simultaneously at play in complex interdependent and dynamic ways
Westphalian Interstate diplomatic-legal order, capitalist world economy
IDP
internally displaced person
Criterion for the original members of the UNO was this
peace-loving-states
World Trade Organization (WTO)
replaced GATT
Kim Jong-un
supreme leader of the Democratic people's republic of Korea
Trygve Lie
First Secretary-General of the UNO
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization (ROME)
Kofi Annan
Former UN SG
Chief Protagonists in the Cold War
USA, USSR
UN Secretary General term length
5 years
Number of members in ECOSOC
54
International Public Unions
After the congress of Vienna, European governments set about establishing permanent international organizations to deal with a variety of shared problems, ranging from communication and transportation to standards and weights and measurement.
Three organizations envisioned at UN Monetary and Financial conference in 1944:
IBRD (International bank for reconstruction and development), IMF (International Monetary Fund), ITO (International Trade Organization)
League of Nations
IO founded by the treaty of Versailles
The commonwealth of nations
IO made up of formal British Colonies
The big three:
Joseph Stalin, FDR, and Winston Churchill
The three Headquarters of the UNO are here
New York, Geneva, Vienna
NATO
North American Treaty Organization US, Western Europe, Canada
Non-State Actor
Not a national government actor
UNO Formally came into existence on this date
October 24, 1945
The General Assembly
Organ which selects members to the ICJ
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris)
ANZUS
Pact Treaty between Australia, New Zealand and the US, Signed in 1951, providing for their mutual defense against armed attack in the Pacific region.
Interpol HQ
Paris
Capitalism
Production for sale for profit in a market:
WFP
World Food Program
WHO
World Health Organization (Geneva)
Warsaw Pact
An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO USSR, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria
AU
African Union
ILO
International Labor Organization (oldest)
The UN Declaration of Human rights was adopted in this year
1948
Peace of Westphalia
Name that refers to the two peace treaties of Osnabrück and Münster in 1648 that ended the Thirty Years' War in Holy Roman Empire. It initiated a new order in Europe based on the concept of state sovereignty:
Number of Principle organs of the UNO
6
Number of judges on ICJ
9
System
A set of variables so related, in contradistinction to its environment, that describable regularities characterize the internal relationships of the variables to each other
African Union HQ
Addis Ababa
SEATO
Alliance between US, UK, France, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand, Philippines (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)
CENTO
Alliance between US, UK, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan (central treaty organization)
APEC
Asia-pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The five essential actors in the European Classical Balance of Power System
Austria, Prussia, Russia, England, France
Concert of Powers
Between 1815 and the end of the century the major European powers evolved a system of multilateral meetings to deal with issues of common concern. Froom this evolved this concept:
FDRs four freedoms
Freedom of speech and expression freedom to worship God freedom from want freedom from fear
The UN S-G is appointed by this body
General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council
5 main organs of UN
General Assembly, Security Council, Secretariat, Economic and Social Council, International Court of Justice
Two main branches of international law
International Public Law and International Private Law
IAEA
International atomic Energy Agency (Vienna)
UNEP (United Nations Environmental Program) location
Nairobi, Kenya
Civil society
The totality of all individuals and groups in society who are not acting as participants in any government institutions
International Bank for Development and Reconstruction
The world bank is formally known as this
Supremacy Clause of US Constitution, Article 6
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, ...":
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
This UN agency is charged with developing policies to protect patents throughout the world:
Congress of Vienna
This event brought together the representatives of the four major victorious powers of the Quadruple Alliance—Austria, Great Britain, Prussia and Russia—plus France, to attempt to reconstruct the European political landscape after the defeat of Napoleon and to deter future
Congress of Vienna
This gathering in 1815 brought together the representatives from the four major victorious powers of the quadruple alliance—Austria, England, Prussia, and Russia—plus France, the defeated foe, to attempt to reconstruct the European political landscape after the defeat of Napoleon and to deter future aggression
Kelly Craft
US Ambassador to UN
Marshall Plan
US. Post WWII program to provide aid to rebuild war-ravaged Europe
G-7 (8) members:
USA, UK, Germany, Japan, Canada, France, Italy, and Russia
UNICEF
United Nations Children's Fund
UNESCO
United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization (Paris)
