A. Give the aim/purpose of the following non-state institutions.
1. United Nations
This non-state institution aims to rebuild peace after World War II. It focuses on setting
goals about humanity, such as sustainable development goals. It is committed to
maintain international peace and security. This institution also develops friendly
relations and promotes social progress, better living standards, and human rights.
2. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF aims to protects children’s rights. It promotes health programs and foods for
children. Their health programs include protection for breastfeeding and awareness
about HIV/AIDS. It provides humanitarian reliefs, shelters, and funds for educational
facilities, especially when having natural disasters.
3. United Nations Development Program
The main purpose of UNDP is to contribute in sustainable development. It focuses on
eradicating poverty and reducing inequalities. It aims to focus on sharing and building
effective solutions in resiliency about climate change and democratic governance. They
help countries to develop leadership skills, institutional capabilities, and building
resilience among nations for sustainable development.
4. World Bank
This institution also aims for reducing poverty and promoting sustainable development.
World Bank provides low-interest loans and interest-free credits to low-income
countries. Their loans are usually to invest in health, infrastructure, and education. It
also helps emerging markets. It offers developmental assistance to middle-income and
low-income countries.
5. International Monetary Fund
IMF’s main purpose is to ensure the stability of the international monetary and financial
system. It aims to reduce global poverty, economic growth, and encouraging
international trade. This organization provides assistance and lends money to other
nations to strengthens their economy.
6. World Trade Organization
This non-institutional organization aims to monitoring trade liberalization, increase
transparency of decision-making, and to resolve trade disputes. Their purpose is to
lower tariffs and for non-tariff barriers to increase international trade. It seeks to ensure
equal competitive conditions for all traded goods and services. They form critical
discipline at the core of trade.
7. Greenpeace
Its purpose is to protect and conserve environment. They defend oceans by creating a
global network of marine reserves. It also protects world’s forests, animals, and plants.
Greenpeace focuses its work on issues such as global warming, overfishing, anti-
nuclear problems, and deforestation. They ensure the ability of Earth to nurture life in all
diversity.
8. Oxford Committee for Famine Relief or Oxfam International
Their primary purpose is to reduce poverty and injustice. They aim to make people
valued equally and treated fairly. The group campaigned for food supplies to sent to
starving family. They give emergency reliefs and building livelihoods for enhancing the
resilience in terms of crisis. Oxfam International wants effective policy implementation
and provides economically that empowers the poor.
9. Amnesty International
They fight for human rights. Amnesty International have an eye for investigating and
exposing the human rights abuses. They always have an effective action, global
coverage, and indivisibility of human rights. The protection of human dignity, ending
torture, and the fight for equality in human rights is their focus.
10. Trade/labor Unions
The aim of this institution is to protect the rights of the workers. They fight for better
wages and safer working conditions. Its purpose is to stop child labor, provide aid for
workers, and give health care and benefits. Their purpose is to raise the status of
workers as part of industry.