AP®︎ World History: Topic 9.8 Flashcards

Permanent institutions through which states manage conflict, negotiate rules, coordinate policies, and address cross-border problems

Cooperation among three or more states through shared rules, negotiations, or institutions

Intergovernmental bodies act through agreements among sovereign states; supranational bodies can make some decisions binding on members without unanimous consent

A cross-border organization not composed of sovereign states, unlike an intergovernmental organization

Coordination through international rules, negotiations, and institutions without a single worldwide sovereign government

The principle that aggression against one member should be treated as a concern of the entire international community

Intergovernmental organization founded in 1945 to maintain international peace and facilitate cooperation on global problems

The UN’s 1945 founding agreement, establishing its purposes, structure, and principles of peace, cooperation, human rights, and sovereign equality

UN body in which every member state has one vote and debates issues, approves the budget, and adopts mostly nonbinding resolutions

Fifteen-member UN body responsible for peace and security; China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US are permanent members with vetoes

UN court in The Hague that hears disputes submitted by states and issues advisory opinions but lacks independent enforcement power

UN body coordinating international economic, social, humanitarian, and development work with specialized agencies

UN body that supervised trust territories moving toward self-government and suspended regular operations in 1994 after decolonization

Deployment of multinational personnel to monitor cease-fires, separate combatants, protect aid, and support peace agreements, usually with the parties’ consent

Organizations such as WHO, UNESCO, UNICEF, and UNHCR that coordinate cooperation in health, education, children’s welfare, and refugee relief

Nonbinding 1948 UN declaration establishing international standards for civil, political, economic, and social rights

Institution created from the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference to address international monetary and balance-of-payments problems

Bretton Woods institution that increasingly financed long-term economic development

Organization created in 1995 to establish international trade rules and procedures for resolving trade disputes

Regional organization with a single market and institutions that exercise some supranational authority shared by member states

Regional organization founded in 1967 to promote Southeast Asian stability and economic cooperation while emphasizing sovereignty and noninterference

UN organ responsible for the organization’s daily administrative work

Head of the UN Secretariat who also uses diplomacy to draw attention to conflicts and encourage negotiation

A state’s authority over its own affairs; international institutions coordinate states without generally replacing that authority