Evaluate the effectiveness of legal and non-legal measures in resolving conflict and working towards word world order.
Introduction
World order are the activities and relationship between the world states, and other significant non-state global actors, that occur within a legal, political and economic frame work. The need for world order has arisen due to the past historical conflicts, colonialism, greater interdependence between nations, and the increased impact of the activities of nation states upon other nation states. Legal measures such as the UN, as well as non-legal measures such as the media and Non-governmental organisations, show a mixed effectiveness in response to resolving conflict and working towards world order.
After further pressure from the Security Council in 2007, North Korea agreed to abandon its nuclear weapons program. However this has still not been achieved, highlighting the ineffectiveness of the UNSC in this particular issue in maintaining world order.
Non legal Response
NGO
NGO’s have proved to be a highly effective non-legal measure in resolving conflict and working towards world order. These are associations based on common interests and goals, which has no connection with any government. Certain NGOs such as the International Crisis Group (ICG) specialise in world order issues by investigating, researching and educating policy makers and the public, and lobbying leaders to take action. The ICG was founded by retired international leaders in response to the failure of the international community to anticipate and respond effectively to the genocide that occurred in Rwanda.

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is another NGO that has shown the effectiveness of working towards world order. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is a British NGO that aims to rid the world of nuclear weapons using non-violent means. The CND advocates immediate negotiation that will lead to a rapid, timetabled abolition of nuclear forces worldwide. Like other NGOs, it attempts to stimulate widespread public debate about the global threat of nuclear weapons through participation in UN conferences on