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International Organizations: Global and Regional Governance
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A system used to determine how votes should count. This system has two main components: (1) each member casts one equal vote, and (2) the issue is carried by either a simple majority or, in some cases, an extraordinary majority (commonly two-thirds).
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International, multidimensional operations comprising a mix of military, police, and civilian components to lay the foundations of a sustainable peace. Tasks include monitorand ceasefire enforcement as well as the monitoring of democratic elections, disarmament programs, and human rights documentation.
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The multiple structures and processes that regulate the behavior of state and nonstate actors on a wide range of global norms, from the laws of the sea to the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
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Sets of implicit or explicit principles, norms, rules and decision–making procedures around which actors’ expectations converge in a given area of international relations.
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A theoretical perspective that explains cooperation between governance structures by focusing on the basic needs of people and states to interact on specific issue areas, such as communications, trade, travel, health, or environmental protection activity.
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A representative organizational body of the United Nations that grants special status to members who have a greater stake, responsibility, or capacity in a particular area of concern (e.g., the Security Council).
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The state of being behind in the discharge of obligations, often an unpaid or overdue debt.
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A theoretical perspective that explains cooperation between governance structures by focusing on the necessity of people and states to interact on specific issue areas, such as communications, trade, travel, health, or environmental protection activity.
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Name given to the peace conferences held in the Netherlands in 1899 and 1907 where the global community issued the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes.
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The executive body that manages the organization.
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Embraces and builds on the liberal school of thought that states are rational-unitary actors and that they can cooperate through international regimes and institutions. The focus is on long-term benefits instead of short-term goals.
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The first attempt to establish an intergovernmental organization with global reach in terms of membership and issue areas. It existed between the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II and was the immediate predecessor of the United Nations.