Intergovernmental organizations
Formal mechanism in which sovereign countries develop policies and mechanisms for cooperation across national borders
- organize across geographic regions or on global scales
- are NOT governments! Cannot make laws, interfere with sovereign rights, or enforce agreements
5 principle organizations for issues and policies related to animal health, food security, public health, global trade, and development
- food and agriculture organization (FAO)
- world organization for animal health (OIE)
- world health organization (WHO)
- world trade organization (WTO)
- world bank
United Nations
193 sovereign states
- 5 permanent members of UN security council: Republic of China, France, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United States
Which countries are not members of the UN?
Vatican, Palastine
_____ and ____ are UN organizations and a subset of UN membership
FAO and WHO
- not all UN country members are members of FAO and WHO
FAO
191 member countries, 2 associate members, EU
- ministers of agriculture
- headquarters in Rome
- mission: helping to build a world without hunger
Millennium development goals
- eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- achieve universal primary education
- promote gender equality and empower women
- reduce child mortality
- improve maternal health
- combat HIV/AIDS
- ensure environmental sustainability
- global partnership for development
_____ is NOT a UN organization
OIE
- country member governed through commercial and independent interest groups
- country’s delegate to OIE is the chief veterinary officer
- headquarters in Paris, France
WTO
Is NOT a UN organization, is nation member governed
- focuses on developing global trade agreements and has a role in mediating disputes among member nations on violations of these trade agreements
- partners with FAO and OIE to establish rules for trade in agricultural products (sanitary phytosanitary standards)
World Bank
Is a member of the World Bank Group
- observer to the UN development group, is a source of financial and technical assistance to >100 developing countries around the world
- refers to international bank for reconstruction and development and the international development association
United Nations Development Group
32 UN agencies and groups, plus 5 observers working on various and/or similar development issues from UNDP to ILO
- resulted in UN reform to improve the effectiveness of UN development activities at the country level
World Bank President
US citizen nominated by the President of the US
- is the largest shareholder in the bank
- is subject to confirmation by the board of governors to serve for a 5 year renewable term
