Identify the Ways in Which Non State Actors Especially Ngo Influence International Relation
IDENTIFY THE WAYS IN WHICH NON STATE ACTORS ESPECIALLY NGO INFLUENCE INTERNATIONAL RELATION
INTRODUCTION
1. Civil societies or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have emerged as an important force on the world stage since the 1980s, to help in the process of decision-making. Many of these non-state actors were established with the aim of influencing policy makers and shaping political perspectives. The arena of NGO action has expanded rapidly from local and national settings to the international level. The issues they are championing vary from education, public health provision, human rights abuses, relief work, welfare services and poverty to environmental protection. The role that these non-state actors played had been very influential in creating a path to conclude multilateral agreements which legally bonded state parties to commit themselves according to their pledge. Thus, it is suffice to say that NGOs played a role in the global engagement and chart international relation of states in the modern world.
2. The influence of these independent groups has been known to exist through an approach called the NGO diplomacy[1]. It has become an international tradition in multilateral decision making via democratization or the process of democracy. However, there has been little knowledge about how these groups had influence international relation. In many occasion, political leaders make decisions on issues collectively based on recommendations. One classic example was the 1971 Founex Report on Development and Environment published by a group of NGOs which impacted the Stockholm Conference[2]. By producing such report with detailed suggestion and clear advice to political leaders just prior to the formal multilateral forum on pollution and environmental issues, NGOs made very significant contribution in framing the whole outcome of the conference. The rest, as the saying goes, is just history.
AIM
3. This paper will attempt to identify the ways on
INTRODUCTION
1. Civil societies or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have emerged as an important force on the world stage since the 1980s, to help in the process of decision-making. Many of these non-state actors were established with the aim of influencing policy makers and shaping political perspectives. The arena of NGO action has expanded rapidly from local and national settings to the international level. The issues they are championing vary from education, public health provision, human rights abuses, relief work, welfare services and poverty to environmental protection. The role that these non-state actors played had been very influential in creating a path to conclude multilateral agreements which legally bonded state parties to commit themselves according to their pledge. Thus, it is suffice to say that NGOs played a role in the global engagement and chart international relation of states in the modern world.
2. The influence of these independent groups has been known to exist through an approach called the NGO diplomacy[1]. It has become an international tradition in multilateral decision making via democratization or the process of democracy. However, there has been little knowledge about how these groups had influence international relation. In many occasion, political leaders make decisions on issues collectively based on recommendations. One classic example was the 1971 Founex Report on Development and Environment published by a group of NGOs which impacted the Stockholm Conference[2]. By producing such report with detailed suggestion and clear advice to political leaders just prior to the formal multilateral forum on pollution and environmental issues, NGOs made very significant contribution in framing the whole outcome of the conference. The rest, as the saying goes, is just history.
AIM
3. This paper will attempt to identify the ways on
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