Chapter 28: An Interdependent World

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Economics and Social Council

UN agency that tries to promote a higher standard of living around the world

security council

UN's peace-keeping arm

secretariat

carries out the day-to-day business in the UN

sanctions

coercive measures

satellites

countries politically or economically dominated or controlled by another more powerful country

international tribunals

courts with authority from the UN to hear cases and make judgments about violations of international human rights laws

UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)

created in 1946 to help children in Europe after World War Two

IMF (International Monetary Fund)

created to promote international, financial, and technical cooperation

genocide

deliberate killing of a racial or cultural group

multinationals

firms that do businesses, have offices, or have factories in many countries

globalization

individuals and nations working internationally across barriers of distance, culture, and technology

International Court of Justice

judicial arm of the UN

apartheid

laws that dictated where blacks could travel, eat, and go to school.

conservation

limit on polluting resources

general assembly

only UN body to which all member nations belong

global interdependence

people and nations all over the world now depend upon one another for many goods and services

Trusteeship Council

responsible for helping 2 territories that were not colonial possessions but did not enjoy self--government after World War Two

World Bank

set up to make loans by developing countries at low interest rates

Cold War

stale-mate between the US and the Soviet Union

WHO (World Health Organization)

strives to direct and coordinate international health work

acid rain

sulfur dioxide gas from coal-burning factories mixed with water vapor that later falls to the Earth

secretary general

the chief executive officer of the UN

internationalism

the idea that nations should cooperate to promote common aims

Veto

to reject a motion

protectionism

when a nation tries to protect their industries from foreign competition by placing tariffs on imports


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