Global Policy Forum, or GPF, is an organization seeking to promote accountability of international organizations such as the United Nations and strengthen international law. GPF holds that free markets are not enough to ensure global prosperity, and therefore is opposed to libertarian groups such as the Cato Institute that oppose publicly-funded foreign aid. GPF's website has collections of analyses on subjects such as UN Security Council reform and globalization. Often these articles provide a view of the behind-the-scenes negotiations and posturing that result in UN action (or inaction). An international organization (also called intergovernmental organization) is an organization of international scope or character. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ... International law deals with the relationships between states, or between persons or entities in different states. ... This article deals with the libertarianism as defined in America and several other nations. ... The Cato Institute is a non-profit public policy research foundation (think tank) with strong libertarian leanings (despite wide public perception that it is a conservative think-tank), headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is named after Catos Letters, a series of early 18th century British essays expounding the... A session of the Security Council in progress The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful organ of the United Nations. ... Globalization (or globalisation) is a term used to describe the changes in societies and the world economy that are the result of dramatically increased trade and cultural exchange. ...

GPF's stated mission is to:

• Monitor policy making at the United Nations,
• Promote accountability of global decisions,
• Educate and mobilize for global citizen participation, and
• Advocate on vital issues of international peace and justice.

References

• Global Policy Forum