THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FOREIGN POLICY OF KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

The importance of international organizations has been signifi-cantly changed over the last century. The League of Nations, which proposed by then US President Woodro Wilson has laid foundation to the modern system of international organizations. International organizations these dats one of the main legal and organizational forms of international cooperation in the modern world; voluntary organizations in various spheres of internation-al relations (economic, political, cultural) International organiza-tions play an important role in modern international relations. States consider membership in these organizations as one of the main directions of their foreign economic policies and activities. Such organizations are under the special care of governments: each country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has departments deal-ing with international organizations, membership fees to in-ternational and intergovernmental organizations account for a significant part of the state budget’s foreign policy and foreign economic activity. The importance of this category of interna-tional organizations lies in the formal participation of states and governments in their work. In this article authors analyses the role and impact of international organizations in the foreign policy agenda of Kazakhstan since the independence. Authors strongly believes that international organizations has become one of the important vectors of the foreign policy of Kazakhstan. In order to analyse the role of the International organiztions of the foreign policy of Kazakstans, authors first will discuse con-ceptual definitions about foreign policy and its links with inter-national organizations. Second, authors divide into three group organizations by theirs sphere of interactions with Kazakhstan. At last but not least, will be given a theoretical framework and analyses on the role of the regional, global, specialized interna-tional organizations on the foreign policy of Kazakhstan.