Unit 4 of Political Science – III (International Relations) (syllabus: Module 4 — the United Nations and its organs, specialised agencies, regional organisations and groupings, the North-South divide, the international economic order, vaccine inequality, climate justice and human security). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- How was the United Nations formed, and what are its purposes and principles?
- What are the principal organs of the United Nations and how should each be evaluated?
- What makes an agency a specialised agency, and what do the principal agencies do?
- How do regional organisations differ from groupings, and why is SAARC weaker than its design suggests?
- What is the Global North-South divide and why is it described as a quarrel between stability and progress?
- What was the New International Economic Order, what instrument was paired with it, and why did it fail?
- What does climate justice demand, and how should carbon credits be appraised?
- How do refugees, asylum seekers and migrants differ, and what protection does each enjoy?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Charter of the United Nations, s. Preamble, Articles 1 and 2
- Charter of the United Nations, s. Articles 7, 17, 18, 24, 25, 61, 63, 71, 97 and 99
- Charter of the United Nations, with the constitutions of the agencies, s. Articles 57 and 63
- Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, with the Charter of the United Nations, s. SAARC Charter, general provisions; Charter Article 52
- The Global North-South divide, s. Stability and progress; vaccine inequality
- General Assembly resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974, s. Declaration and Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement, s. Kyoto Articles 12 and 17; Paris Article 6
- Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951, s. Articles 1A(2) and 33