International organisations of all types act as part of global governance to address the most basic of concerns: security, freedom, order, justice, and welfare.

Global governance means all the processes that coordinate and control organizational resources and actions—all over the world.

International organizations are usually classified into two main groups, international governmental (intergovernmental) organizations and international nongovernmental organizations.

Epistemic communities are a network of professionals with both recognized expertise and competence in a domain and an authoritative claim to policy-relevant knowledge within that domain or issue-area.

The massive devastation in Europe and worldwide forced world leaders to confront the unquestionable fact that war on a massive scale had destroyed their territories and populations.

The standardization of certain types of crimes and the court’s makeup represented advances that would be used afterwards by the United Nations to develop specific international jurisprudence regarding war crime, crimes against humanity.

The United Nations has four purposes; to maintain international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among nations, to achieve international cooperation in solving international problems and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights, and to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.

The six main organs of the United Nations are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council (now inactive), the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN Secretariat.

The Office of the Secretary-General and its Secretariat provide administrative services for the United Nations.

One of the most significant reasons that make the European Union special is the member states having democracy in their culture rather than the Union bringing it to them. The EU governs without government and it has a democratic tradition running through many of its member states. Democracy is fundamental to the European Union; it is a condition of entry for all applicant countries and is promoted as a part of European identity.

In the 1950s the 'European Coal and Steel Community' was formed. In 1957, the Treaty of Rome created the 'European Economic Community', or the 'Common Market', later renamed the 'European Community'. In 1986, the Single European Act was signed and this created the 'Single Market'. The name, the 'European Union', was adopted in 1993.

EU Institutions are; European Commission, the Council of the EU, European Parliament, Economic, Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, European Council, European Court of Justice and European Court of Auditors.

Any European State needs to fulfill specific economic and political conditions called the Copenhagen Criteria, which require a stable democratic government that respects the rule of law and its corresponding freedoms and institutions, including those regarding human rights. Under the terms of the Maastricht Treaty, all current member states and the European Parliament must agree to any enlargement.

'Brexit' is the latest development, the United Kingdom tends to disentangle from the European Union.

Its initial purpose was to address economic, military, and cultural matters.

The structure and functions of the OAS are very similar to other organizations of this type; General Assembly, Meetings of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Councils, Inter-American Juridical Committee, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, General Secretariat, Specialized Conferences and Specialized Organizations.

The ICRC and its affiliates are world-renowned and highly esteemed for their assistance efforts, and is well-respected internationally. The ICRC holds near-universal recognition by states, individuals, and organizations.

Doctors Without Borders (Médecins sans Frontières-MSF) was founded in 1971. Their motto is, 'Medical aid where it is needed most. Independent. Neutral. Impartial'. MSF provide medical care and work to gain donations of vital medical supplies, medications, hard equipment like incubators, prostheses, braces, medical beds, etc.

Oxfam is an international confederation of 20 organizations working together against poverty.

Violent Non-State Actors take away control of the use of force from the state and challenge the government to maintain economic activities and perform additional duties to citizens.