UN Global Gov Diplomacy/Subject description

Get a deep understanding of the UN, how it works, and its effects.

The United Nations is the principal international organisation for promoting peace and security, and cooperation on matters that transcend the borders of nation states. The UN seeks to provide global governance on issues such as peace, human rights, trade, finance, public health and the environment, managing the different and often conflicting positions of nation states in order to do so.

This subject explores the historical and contemporary practices of the UN system across several of these key international challenges. It utilises a range of topical case studies to examine the role of diplomacy and other tools in managing issues of global governance and promoting global citizenship. It also considers alternative channels of multilateral governance and diplomacy. Finally, it examines the key challenges faced by the UN today, and proposals for reform of the UN system. ​