February 6

Outline - February 6

International Institutions and the Environment

I.     Key Concepts

• International Governmental Organization (IGO)

• International Regime (International Governance)

• Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)

               International Organizations and NGOs (Website of the Union of International Associations with an extensive 

                    data base on international organizations)  

II.    The United Nations System

        Central Organs

• • General Assembly

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  • Security Council

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  • Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

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  • Trusteeship Council

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  • International Court of Justice

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  • Secretariat

III.    UN Bodies Focusing on Environmental Problems

• United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) formed 1973

• Gloal Environment Facility (UNEF) formed 1990

• United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) formed 1993

IV.    UN Specialized Agencies that Address Environmental Problems

• World Health Organization (WHO)

• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

• International Maritime Organization (IMO)

• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

• International Labor Organization (ILO)

• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

V.    Major International Economic Institutions

• The World Bank (official name is International Bank for Reconstruction and Development)

• International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• World Trade Organization (formerly GATT)

• European Union (formerly the European Community)