International community

From Freepedia

The term "international community" can refer to either:

• All the lands represented in United Nations.
• The people of the lands all over the world.
• Shared values and principles among actors within an international system.

The international community is regulated by the international law created by the international treaties.

It has been claimed that the superpower nations (now mainly the United States) use the term to describe organizations in which they play a predominant role, regardless of the opinion of other nations. For example, the Kosovo War was described as an action of the international community even though it was undertaken by NATO, which represents approximately ten percent of the world's population.