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2015
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2013
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COURSE OVERVIEW : The course seeks to enhance International Development major students' understanding of the past, present and future of the United Nations. It also provides background information and analysis of major multilateral institutions working with the UN in the area of international development. The first part of the course is devoted to understanding the big picture of what the UN has done in the past, the current activities of the UN and the direction it is going. The main aim of this first part is to establish a firm foundation of how the UN works and to become familiar with its complex bureaucracy. The main focus of the second part of the course is to understand the nature of the problems confronted by the UN and international community in their efforts to maintain international peace and security, cooperate in solving international problems such as eradicate poverty, promote respect for human rights and sustainable development. The main purpose is to assess the UN efforts in addressing these substantive problems. Not only should the students be experts on the UN activity, by the end of the course they should develop a firm grasp on the major problems that characterize international politics and global governance. Through active classroom participation and the term paper, students will have opportunity to integrate their understanding of international politics within the specific context of the UN and affiliated organizations. Classroom discussions and related assignments require that students be up-to-date with current events that are related to the UN in order to provide their own perspectives on these issues during the in-class quizzes or when completing the reflection papers. By the end of the course, students will showcase their skills in making in-depth analysis and assessment of the UN performance in addressing problems of international community in their individual term paper.
United Nations Development Programme
2010
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
This course focuses on the nature and roles of International Organizations; Intergovernmental Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, Multinational corporations as well as Hybrid Organizations on the international scene characterized by uncertainty. It will provide students with an understanding to the evolution of the international system, its changing nature and the major actors. Cooperation and development amongst states and non-state actors has become one of the largest and most visible policy fields, and is increasing in importance day-after-day. Therefore the topics understudy will include focal areas such as; international organizations and global governance, the evolution of the international system, the growth of states and non-state actors in the international environment, the United Nations Organizations and Regional Organizations with focus on AU.
United Nations Development Cooperation : challenges and reforms at the end of the 1990s
1998
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