Discussion Forum ::: Due February 6th at 9pm
Explain how the UN was founded, its major structures and functions. What is the mission? Purpose? Major accomplishments and failures.
How is it funded? What states are the top funders? How could this be a concern? Do private companies or interest groups play a major role in developing policy or setting the agenda?
Offer 3 suggestions for improving the structure of the UN. Provide specific UN agencies to explain better. Support each of your points here. Your analysis is critical, but back it up.
Less than 1000 words (but more than 750 words). Provide a schematic if that helps.
Please use at least 9 sources,
Sources to Use:
The United Nations Is Created | Flashback | History – YouTube
How Does The UN Work? – YouTube
About Us | Department of Economic and Social Affairs (un.org)
Global Issues Overview | United Nations
Increasing awareness
This unit is intended to give the students an awareness the United Nations system, agencies and their auspices. Special attention will be paid to formal structures within the system and their inter-agency relationship.
The United Nations: History and Functions – YouTube
Haas, E. B. (1990). When knowledge is power: Three models of change in international organizations (Vol. 22). Univ of California Press.
Here is what is due: the essay, comment on best essay and then comment on another student’s analysis.
Read what you can from Google Scholar. Provides some level of analysis for the structure.
Attached is the below readings:
Berdal, M. (2005). The UN’s Unnecessary Crisis. Survival, 47(3), 7-32.
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