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Q: How are IGOs classified according to membership, competencies, functions, authority of decision making and degree of consensus? Give one example for each type.

· Open Membership (Anybody can join the UN) · Restricted Membership (Australia can’t join the EU, because it does not belong to the continent.) Not everybody can join, because you need to be in the region to join. Ex. NATO · Competencies ( Comprehensive, it does a lot like the UN and the EU .) · Limited ( an IGO that does only one thing; · Functions;

Q: What are the authorities of decision-making?

1. Program Organizations (these are the types that tell each other what they can and cannot do in international organizations. Gives us the rules of the game Ex. The UN 2. Operational Organizations (They check if the states or actors follow the rules. Ex: The World Bank, the IMF, the IAEA, the OPCW) Abide by the rules

Q: What are the degrees of Consensus?

IGO - Unanimity (A country that joins is completely sovereign) Supranational - Qualified Majority (simply a matter of giving)How can you persuade a country to join (Shaming through peer pressure) How IGOs working through unanimity do I

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How are IGOs classified according to membership, competencies, functions, authority of decision making and degree of consensus? Give one example for each type.

· Open Membership (Anybody can join the UN)
· Restricted Membership (Australia can’t join the EU, because it does not belong to the continent.) Not everybody can join, because you need to be in the region to join. Ex. NATO
· Competencies (Comprehensive, it does a lot like the UN and the EU.)
· Limited (an IGO that does only one thing;
· Functions;

What are the main tasks of an IGO?

-Programme Organisations
-Operational Organisations

What are the authorities of decision-making?

1. Program Organizations (these are the types that tell each other what they can and cannot do in international organizations. Gives us the rules of the game Ex. The UN
2. Operational Organizations (They check if the states or actors follow the rules. Ex: The World Bank, the IMF, the IAEA, the OPCW) Abide by the rules

What are the degrees of Consensus?

IGO - Unanimity (A country that joins is completely sovereign)
Supranational - Qualified Majority (simply a matter of giving)How can you persuade a country to join (Shaming through peer pressure) How IGOs working through unanimity do I

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