3.2 International organisations

• What international organisations are, and their types
• Significance of different types of international organisations
• The Commonwealth of Nations
• Factors that strengthen ties among Commonwealth countries
• Opportunities and challenges facing Commonwealth nations

• enumerate the significance of different types of international organisations
• examine factors that strengthen ties among commonwealth countries
• illustrate opportunities and challenges facing commonwealth nations
• appreciate the significance of different types of international organisations

“Why are key values important for sustainable relations among commonwealth nations?”

“Which activities can promote strong ties in international organisations?”

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1. Types of international organisation and why they matter
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   The main kinds of international organisation, what each is for, and what they achieve and cannot achieve.
2. The Commonwealth: ties, opportunities and challenges
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   What holds 56 very different countries together, what members gain, and what strains the association.
3. Global bodies: the UN family
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   Intergovernmental organisations that almost every state can join, and what they can and cannot compel.
4. The African Union and the EAC
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   Regional organisations closer to Kenya: continental AU and East African Community.
5. NGOs and specialised bodies
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   Organisations whose members are not states, and specialised agencies that set standards.
6. Commonwealth ties and values
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   Language, law, education, the Charter and equality of members - including small states.
7. Commonwealth opportunities for Kenya
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   Scholarships, Games, trade and diplomatic rooms Kenya can actually use.
8. Challenges, and activities that still strengthen ties
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   Coups, inequality, post-empire questions - and the activities the curriculum asks you to promote.