IRL216 International Organization & United Nations Studies Paper Requirement

IRL216 International Organization & United Nations Studies Paper Requirement

1) Words: 1500 words (excluding References), double space, in PDF file please.
2)  Deadline: 12:00 on 28 February
3) Topics: You will choose one topic from the following list. You must choose a topic other than the one you will make an oral presentation.
(The United Nations)
1. This year 2021 marks the 76th anniversary of the United Nations. Has the UN been successful in achieving its intended goals? Discuss critically its achievements and failures.
(International Peace and Security)

2. Do UN sanctions authorized by the Security Council work? Discuss the topic using the case of North Korea.
3. Discuss the concepts called “Humanitarian Intervention” and “R2P”
4. After the “9.11” 20 years ago, US attacked Afghanistan and the Afghan War started. What was the purpose of the Afghan War which ended in 2021?
5. What are the major challenges of UN Peace-keeping Operations (PKOs)? Propose solutions to the challenges.

6. Discuss critically the role of TPNW(Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 核兵器禁止条約）in Nuclear Disarmament.

(Sustainable development)

7. Discuss the significance and limitations of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). And propose what you can personally do to achieve SDGs?
8. Discuss the strength and weakness of the Paris Agreement, focusing on the results of the COP 26 held in Glasgow in 2021.
(Human rights)

9. Discuss the relationship between the need to protect the human rights and the principle of the non-interference in domestic matters of a UN member state. Use concrete examples, such as Myanmar and China, in discussion.
10.Discuss critically the concept of “human security”
(UN reform)

11. Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for the reform of the Security Council, but it has not yet taken place. What proposal, in your view, should be pursued?
(Specialized agencies, Regional Organizations and International Fora)
12. Discuss the achievements and failures of the WHO (World Health Organization) in coping with the COVID-19.
13. What is the significance of BREXIT? Argue pros and cons from the British viewpoint.
14. “The G7 lost influence on world policy and become obsolete.” If you agree with the statement, what can members, such as Japan, do to make it effective? If you do not agree with the statement, prove that it is still influential.

(NGOs and Media)

15. Discuss critically the role of NGOs in the international politics with a concrete example.
16. Discuss critically the role of the Media in the international politics with a concrete example.

Topic 2. Do UN sanctions authorized by the Security Council work? Discuss the topic using the case of North Korea.
Readings:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?404412-1/north-korean-missile-tests

https://www.c-span.org/video/?404412-1/north-korean-missile-tests
UN SC resolution 2270
Security Council Imposes Fresh Sanctions on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2270 (2016)
This is the summary of discussion at the Security Council on 2 March 2016.  I was Japan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN and the representative of Japan to the Security Council

MOTOHIDE YOSHIKAWA (Japan) said the message to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was from the international community as a whole, calling upon Member States to fulfil their obligations.  In that regard, the Chair of the 1718 Committee should arrange an open briefing to go through the provisions of the new resolution with all Member States, he said.  Depending on the behaviour and attitude of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Security Council was prepared to suspend or lift sanctions, which were not meant to target ordinary citizens.  Welcoming the resolution’s stronger emphasis on humanitarian and human rights concerns, including abductions, he emphasized that it was essential that the Council remain seized of the situation in all relevant aspects.
https://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sc12267.doc.htm
https://moodle3.icu.ac.jp/pluginfile.php/268695/mod_resource/content/3/20211207125352-0001%20%281%29.pdf
https://www.c-span.org/video/?321567-1/un-security-council-meeting-ebola-outbreak-west-africa