Organization: University for Peace
Registration deadline: 10 Sep 2017
Starting date: 11 Sep 2017
Ending date: 11 Sep 2017
United Nations System
3 credits / 9 weeks weeks
11 Sep 2017 - 10 Nov 2017
Professor Miriam Estrada-Castillo
Ever since its establishment in 1945, the United Nations has played a pivotal role in a great variety of affairs, large or small, international and national. As such, the UN has played an incisive role in the lives of people around the world. Much of what the UN does is taken for granted and even goes unnoticed by the larger public, even as an oft quoted saying argues that ‘if the UN did not exist it would have to be invented’. At the same time, millions around the world look to the UN expecting it to address many of the enormous challenges faced by humankind. These complex dynamics are complemented by the fact that the UN is both reliant on what the member states want, while at the same time, being much more than the sum of its members. This course provides a comprehensive and rigorous introduction into the UN system, including its origins and history, its organizational framework and the functioning of various organs, agencies, bodies and programmes.
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