International Organizations and Peace Building

1. Analyze the roles and functions of international organizations in promoting peace and security.
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of different conflict resolution mechanisms.
3. Understand the legal and ethical frameworks governing international interventions.
4. Assess the impact of globalization on international relations and peace building.
5. Develop strategies for promoting sustainable peace and development in conflict-affected areas.

13 weeks, about 80 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Conceptualisation of International Organisations and Peace Building

   • Unit 1: Definitions of International Organisations and Peace Building · 4 hours

     Read definitions of international organizations and peace building.. Understand the context and attitudes that give rise to violence.. Clarify the affiliation between international organizations and sovereign states..

   • Unit 2: Origin and Evolution of International Organisations and Peace Building · 4 hours

     Explain what necessitated the evolution of international organizations.. Understand the initial difficulties faced by international organizations.. Highlight the roles of various powers in the formation of the United Nations.. Identify various forms of international organizations..

2. Week 2Module 1: Conceptualisation of International Organisations and Peace Building

   • Unit 3: International Organisations and Peace Building: Analysis of Organs and Roles · 4 hours

     Specify the organs of the United Nations.. Identify and discuss the agencies established to augment the services of the UN.. Narrate in detail the working activities of those agencies in line with peace building in Africa and Asia..

   • Unit 4: International Organisations and Peace Building: Constraints · 4 hours

     Understand the constraints faced by international organizations.. Explain areas that could be improved upon in ensuring global peace..

3. Week 3Module 2: The Agents of Transformation in International Organisations and Peace Building

   • Unit 1: State and Non-State Actors in the Promotion of a Just and Peaceful Society · 5 hours

     Identify in simple terms the concept of state and non-state actors.. Identify specifically those who fall under the category of state and non-state actors.. Clarify the role of non-governmental organizations in peace-building activities as well as their shortcomings.. Express in clear terms how the efficient collaboration of both state and non-state actors can advance international peace..

4. Week 4Module 2: The Agents of Transformation in International Organisations and Peace Building

   • Unit 2: Concept of Sovereignty in Relation to International Organisations and Peace Building · 5 hours

     Conceptualize the term sovereignty.. Explain its historical origin and methods of acquiring it.. Narrate the emergence of state, its sovereignty, and its limitations..

5. Week 5Module 2: The Agents of Transformation in International Organisations and Peace Building

   • Unit 3: Foreign Policies of the Major Powers as Facilitators of Peace or Conflict Generation in International Organisations and Peace Building · 6 hours

     Analyze the foreign policies of major world powers.. Articulate their effects on world conflict situations and peace-building activities.. Classify areas where the third world or developing countries could disentangle themselves from the yoke of ideological warfare..

6. Week 6Module 2: The Agents of Transformation in International Organisations and Peace Building

   • Unit 4: The Role of Municipal and International Laws as They Affect International Organisations and Peace-Building · 4 hours

     Relate the collaborative efforts of Municipal and International Law in areas of peace-building.. Explain what global peace would be without International Law..

   • Unit 5: Causes of International Conflicts · 4 hours

     Explain what international conflict is.. Identify those issues that serve as galvanized international conflict..

7. Week 7Module 3: Conceptual Framework: Peacemaking, Peace Keeping, Peace Enforcement, Their Problems and Structures in Global Politics

   • Unit 1: Definition of Peace Making, Peace Keeping, Peace Enforcement and Case Studies · 5 hours

     Define peace-making, peace-keeping, and peace-enforcement.. Discuss specific case studies either in Africa or elsewhere where the United Nations had cause to intervene..

8. Week 8Module 3: Conceptual Framework: Peacemaking, Peace Keeping, Peace Enforcement, Their Problems and Structures in Global Politics

   • Unit 2: Problems Associated with Peace Making, Peace Keeping, and Peace Enforcement in Africa · 5 hours

     Explain the problems associated with peace-making, peace-keeping and peace-enforcement in Africa.. Proffer solutions to these problems..

9. Week 9Module 3: Conceptual Framework: Peacemaking, Peace Keeping, Peace Enforcement, Their Problems and Structures in Global Politics

   • Unit 3: United Nations and Peace Keeping Force · 5 hours

     Have a good understanding of and equally give a good assessment of the United Nations in peace-keeping missions..

10. Week 10Module 3: Conceptual Framework: Peacemaking, Peace Keeping, Peace Enforcement, Their Problems and Structures in Global Politics

    • Unit 4: International Organisations as Structures of Global Politics · 5 hours

      Explain in clear terms why international organisations are seen as structures of global politics..

11. Week 11Module 4: Roles of International Organisations in International Affairs

    • Unit 1: The Primary Roles of International, Continental, and Regional Organisations in International Affairs and Peace Building · 6 hours

      Demonstrate sound knowledge of various international organisations and their primary roles.. Assess the adequacy or otherwise of peoples' role-expectations from the international organisations..

12. Week 12Module 4: Roles of International Organisations in International Affairs

    • Unit 2: A Critical Review of the Performance of the International, Continental, and Regional Organisations in Their Effort at Maintaining International Peace and Security · 6 hours

      Explain the essence of which international organisations have justified their existence to humanity.. Identify, as a leader, with one of the organisations and chat a way forward..

13. Week 13Module 4: Roles of International Organisations in International Affairs

    • Unit 3: The Role of International Court of Justice and Some Relevant Case Studies in Pursuance of Global Peace and Security · 4 hours

      Understand the workings of the International Court of Justice.. Explain its efficacy as a peace-building institution..

    • Unit 4: Issues and Challenges in the Field of Global Peace · 4 hours

      Have a broad understanding of what global peace entails.. Explain the concept of systemic approach to resolving conflict..