International Organizations

Médecins Sans Frontières

Red Cross/ Red Crescent

NGO

NATO

United Nations
USMCA
European Union
International Monetary Fund

Governmental

Examples of international organizations

​Why work with international organizations?

To reach foreign policy goals, nations sometimes must work with international organizations.



There are 2 types of international organizations. Government sponsored and NGO's or Non-governmental organizations.

The United Nations

• Post-World War II

• Prevent War

• Provide humanitarian aid (Declaration of Human Rights)

Multiple Choice

What makes it difficult to enforce universal human right or to punish people who break these rights?

• The UN can only monitor and investigate violations, they cannot force states to change their policies

• People do not agree on what are Universal Human Rights

• The UN has become to powerful and states are pushing back against their control

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a goal of the United Nations?

• Preventing international wars
•  Punishing countries that don't have free elections
• Distributing the earth's natural resources equally among all countries 
•  Maintaining the United States' position as the world's number-one superpower

Multiple Choice

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was written in response to

• atrocities committed during World War II

• the burning of Hutu homes in Rwanda

• demands for better treatment of Latin American peasants in Guatemala

• the forced migrations of city people under the rule of the Khmer Rouge

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Cold War alliance that continues today.

NATO Article 5: Mutual defense (attack one, all must defend)

Multiple Choice

Who was the original "enemy" of NATO?

• Soviet Union
• Russia
• Germany
• Japan
• USA

Multiple Choice

NATO stands for

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• North Atlanta Treaty Organization

• National Atlantic Thirty Organization

• North Atlantic Treaty Organizations

World Trade Organization (WTO)

Focuses on regulating trade between nations.

Settles trade disputes.

Helps negotiate trade agreements.

US - Mexico - Canada Agreement

Free trade agreement replacing NAFTA. Free trade means no tarriffs or taxes on certain imports coming from these countries.


Greater protections for workers and environment.


Meant to be competitive to European Union and other trade alliances.

Multiple Choice

Free trade means 

• the countries use the same currency
• No trade barriers
• there is a quota on some goods
• trade is quick and easy

Multiple Choice

An extra price or tax added onto imported products

• Embargo
• Tariff
• Quota
• Exchange rate

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The goal of the USMCA (U.S.- Mexico - Canada Agreement) is to ​ ​

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promote and protect economic interests

Protect American citizens

Maintain a balance of power

Promote human rights

Used in predominately Muslim countries.

Red Crescent

Used in Western or Christian dominated countries.

​Red Cross

NGO: Red Cross/Red Crescent are the same organization providing humanitarian aid.

​Red Crystal

Used in countries that don't want religious affiliation.

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The Red Cross helps the United States to accomplish the foreign policy goal of ​

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Promote and protect economic interests

Protect American citizens

Maintain a balance of power

Promote human rights