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characteristics of a nation state - territoriality, sovereignty, autonomy what is a nation state - fixed unites accepted by others, for example Gaza , Palestine, Isreal sovereignty definition - unqualified and exclusive legal authority, as well as a monopoly IGO's definition - intergovernmental organization, for example the United Nations main objectives of United Nations - maintain international peace and security, harmonize actions of nations, promote cooperation and human rights differences between General Assembly and Security Council - the GA is non-binding, the SC is binding and they can enforce their decisions. The SC also has veto power criticism of United Nations - they're not as effective as they should be, they spread themselves too thin, and the Security Council has way too much power and doesn't represent the world correctly what was conceived from the Bretton Woods conference in 1944? - the International Monetary Fund (IMF) What does the IMF do? - promote international monetary cooperation, is a financial lending institute, it is controlled by the richest countries in the world and they can control economic policies that the country can use GATT and WTO similarities and differences - WTO was born from the GATT, GATT was not an institutional foundation, the WTO is a permanent foundation and deals with trade, trade services, and protection of intellectual property rights Uruguay Round - 8th round of multilateral trad enegotiationsDoha Development Agenda - current "round" of the WTO regarding increased global trade what are the 3 main bodies of the European Union? - European commission- makes policies European Parliament- members elected European Court of Justice which European body takes precedence over national law? - the European Court of Justice missions of NGO's - to raise consciousness of certain issues promote new norms, promote more open societies what advantages do NGO's have that states don't? - can have power of individuals and groups such as celebrities, smaller organizations, more flexible than governments what are disadvantages of NGO's? - lack of communication and networking, lack transparency, can't enforce decisions, can't implement national policies