The League of Nations, formed in the aftermath of the Great War and the transformed into the United Nations after the Second World War is a common yardstick for assessing how International Organizations (IOs) are governed . Similarly, the criterion used to assess the efficacy of the governance of the UN can also be used as a yardstick. A careful analysis of how the UN is governed will reveal two core obligations for the secretariat of the organization. These two core obligations are the internal management of the organization itself and the direction of policy towards the nations that fall under its ambit (Muldoon et al 2010, 238). Thess two obligations can inform the two criteria for the assessment of good governance in the organization.
Efficient management is crucial for any IO to be able to meet its core mandate. Efficient management will also enable the IO to both be credible in itself and also considered credible in the eyes of the community or society that it is supposed to serve. One of the largest crises within the modern generation is corruption. If an IO is reliably accused of corruption, it will lose its standing in the society making it incapable of achieving its wider mandate (Woods, 1999). The first criterion for assessing the good governance of an IO, therefore, can be considered as the ability of that organization to ensure that internally, the organization is properly managed , running efficiently, and devoid of corruption.
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Running smoothly, however , is not the core purpose of an IO but rather an enabler for it to achieve its core mandate, which varies from IO to IO. This creates the second criterion for assessing the good management of an IO. The UN, for example, has a well laid out mandate that includes its Millennium Goals (United Nations 2015, 7). Being able to achieve specific goals alongside being able to carefully track and assess the achievement its mandate can be considered as the second criterion for assessing the good governance of an IO.
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