1. Chapter 8 Section 5 Text pages 248-255
What are Supranational Organizations and What is The Future of the State?

2. Supranational Organizations
A separate entity composed of THREE or more states with an administrative structure for mutual benefit and in pursuit of shared goals
Being a part of these is advantageous to partners
Being left out can cause severe harm

3. League of Nations  United Nations
What had just happened?
Early supranational organization to prevent future aggression
U.S. never joins and it fails in the late 1930’s
What caused this?
United Nations (1945)
193 member states headquartered in New York
General Assembly
all members have equal representation
Overseas budget, passes resolution, elects non-permanent security council members, overseas agencies
Security Council
Responsible for international peace and security
15 members, 5 permanent (China, Russia, France, Great Britain, and the U.S.)
UN agencies include: World Bank Group, the WHO, the World Food Program, UNESCO, and UNICEF

5. Regional Supranational Organizations
Organizations formed at the regional scale instead of the global

6. The European Union
Formed from another supranational organization, the EEC, in 1973
Today 28 member countries
Membership steadily growing
Eurozone – member countries who are on the Euro
Creates policies to be applied across the EU which can conflict with local customs
Richer countries subsidize poorer ones (Austerity Measures in Greece and bailouts in Spain)
EU is different from other supranational organizations
Has THREE capital cities and billions of dollars
Multifaceted governmental structure