The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential

Misuse of international forums

Visualization of narrower problems

Name(s):

Unbridled competition among social agencies

Rivalry between international groups

Divisive antagonism between international organizations

Nature

International groups have tended increasingly to become forums for international conflict. Organizations from the United Nations to the Olympic Games are a crucial means of maintaining non-violent dialogue among nations and helping to promote peace. However, member delegations are increasingly using such organizations to publicize their own national, political, economic or cultural conflicts, valuing their unique "cause" above that of the global relations which such bodies exist to serve.

Broader

Unbridled competition

Narrower

Collapse of common values

International cultural vacuum

Undermining of multilateral forums

Unquestioned control by economic forces

Misuse of external fora to internal politics

Parochial attitudes of organizations' members

Short-sighted decisions about intersocial interaction

Jurisdictional conflict and antagonism among international nongovernmental organizations

Aggravates

Misuse of non-interference principle

Aggravated by

Parochial national interests

Overemphasis on individual rights

Unbridled competition among states

Lack of identity of international nongovernmental organization network

Strategy(ies)

Engaging in rivalry between international organizations

Reducing rivalry among international organizations

Reducing intensity of competition among social agencies

Dividing international organizations

Uniting international organizations

Holding international forums

Value(s)

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

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