ISA Flashcards
when and where was the un founded
24 October 1945, San Francisco, California, United States
HQ
New York, United States
Secretary general:
António Guterres
Portuguese politician and diplomat António Guterres, who began his first five year-term on 1 January 2017 and was re-elected on 8 June 2021.
The United Nations is an ___________ aiming to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world’s largest and most familiar international organization.
intergovernmental organization
ISA was recently given _________ status at the UNGA
observer status
on 10 Dec 2021
where are un’s other main offices
in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna, and The Hague.
UN is headquartered on international territory in New York City,
The UN was established after _________– with the aim of preventing future wars, succeeding the rather ineffective League of Nations.
World War II
when was the un charter adopted and implemented
UN Charter, which was adopted on 25 June 1945 and took effect on 24 October 1945,
who are the founding members of the un (who met on 25 April 1945 - 50 governments met in San Francisco for a conference and started drafting the UN Charter)
india and france (languages english and hindi)
how many members did the un have at its founding and how many does it have now
51
193 - sudan last joined in 14 july 2011
UN membership grew significantly following widespread __________ beginning in the 1960s.
decolonization
The UN has six principal organs:
the General Assembly; the Security Council; the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC); the Trusteeship Council; the International Court of Justice; and the UN Secretariat.
the two non-member observer states of the United Nations General Assembly:
the Holy See (which holds sovereignty over Vatican City) and the State of Palestine.
what is the first and the only nation to withdraw its membership from the United Nations in 1965 only to rejoin in 1966
Indonesia
Indonesia is the first and the only nation to withdraw its membership from the United Nations, in protest to the election of Malaysia as a non-permanent member of the Security Council in 1965 during conflict between the two countries.[134] After forming CONEFO as a short-lived rival to the UN, Indonesia resumed its full membership in 1966.
As of May 2011, the _____ was the only international organisation to hold these enhanced rights, which has been likened to the rights of full membership, short of the right to vote in the UNGA.
EU
The General Assembly determines the privileges it will grant to each observer, beyond those laid down in a 1986 Conference on treaties between States and International Organizations. Exceptionally, the EU was in 2011 granted the right to speak in debates, to submit proposals and amendments, the right of reply, to raise points of order and to circulate documents, etc.
when was palestine granted unga non-member observer status
29 November 2012: non-member observer state status
16 October 2018: Provided additional rights and privileges of participation, described in, by virtue of Palestine being Chair of the Group of 77 for 2019.
before being given non member observer status in 2012 what status was it given
non state observer status
22 November 1974: non-state observer status for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
when was the plo designated as palestine
15 December 1988: designation “Palestine”
which state has been a non-member observer for the longest time
Switzerland
1946-2002 56 years
other non-members - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers
observer status is typically granted to non-member states or to intl. non-governmental organisations (INGOs) interested in its activities by
IGO’s - intergovernmental organization
observers typically cannot pass resolutions or vote
