GS2 · 10 marks · 150 words

'Funding remains a major limitation for the effective functioning of multilateral organisations.' Discuss the statement with reference to the functioning of UNESCO.

Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2023–2025

Syllabus: Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate.

How toppers approached it

From all 5 answers · about 130 words · 20% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • No separate opening60%
  • A date or context20%
  • A definition20%

Body

  • Points80%
  • Points and prose20%

Close

  • A way forward60%
  • A summary40%

The toppers’ answers

Shakti DubeyAIR 1 · CSE 2024 · 164 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a definition

United Nation Educational, Scientific and cultural organisation is a specialised agency of UN consisting of 195 member states.

Body · points

Issue with multilateral institution

Multilateralism is a concept that arose post World war -II. The idea was to create a global platform for countries to interact.

Issues → these institution suffers from issues like:-

→ lack of consensus among member nation → situation of dead lock → lack of funding support → lack of enforcement mechanism as these institute are only advisory in nature.

Challenge of Funding:- UNESCO (1) The funding in these institution is mostly a challenge because of rift between the developed and developing nation. (2) This causes resource constraint. (3) This also hampers the effective functioning of the organisation. (4) UNESCO can only highlight the challenges & issues with respect to culture & education but cannot act on it because of lack of funding.

Close · a way forward

There is a need for having a proper funding mechanism so as to help these institution realise their potential.

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