Global Governance – Refers to the various
intersecting processes that create global
order.
-Articulated by the intergovernmental
organizations
.
United Nations – the most prominent
intergovernmental organization.
Global governance or world
governance is a movement
towards political cooperation
among transnational actors,
aimed at negotiating responses to
problems that affect more than
one state or region.
International Organizations- it refers to
intergovernmental organizations or groups
that are primarily made up of
member states.
Powers of IOs (Michael Barnett and
Martha Finnemore-International relations
scholars)
1. Classification (The Power to Classify)
–International Organization can invent and
apply categories and
create powerful global standards.
UNHCR (United Nation’s Higher
Commissioner for Refugees)
-They define what a refugee is.
-And since states are required to accept
refugees entering their borders, this power
to establish identity has concrete effect.
Fix Meanings (The power to fix
meanings) – Broader function than the first
power.
International Organization as viewed by
many (States, Organizations and
Individuals) is the most legitimate source of
information as such the meaning they
create has effects on various policies.
Security – they define the term not just
safety from military violence but also from
environmental harm.
Diffuse Norms (The Power to diffuse
norms) – International Organization has the
power to diffuse Norms.
Norms – are accepted codes of conduct
that may not be strict law, but nevertheless
produce regularly in behavior.
-They have established global standard by
spreading their ideas across the world.
-Their members are called “Missionaries” of
our time.
-Their power to defuse norms stems from
the fact that IOs are staffed with
independent bureaucracies, who are
considered experts in various fields.
World Bank Economist – Expert of
Development, thus carrying some form of
authority.
o They can create norms regarding the
implementation and conceptualization of
development projects.
1. The General Assembly (GA) – The UN’s
main deliberate policymaking and
presentative organ of the UN.
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande of
Nigeria is the current President of the
United Nations General Assembly for the
74th session, office which started
in September 2019.
