UN Flashcards
What is the UN
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization Programme, U that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop
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friendly relations among nations, achieve international status with EC cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of the UN’s work nations. It is the largest, most familiar, most internationally represented and most powerful intergovernmental organization in the world.
UN headquarters
New York
Other main offices of UN
Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna and Haque
When and where did they start drafting the UN charter
On April 25 1945
50 govts met in San Francisco for a conference and started drafting the UN Charter
When did they adopt the UN charter?
25 June 1945
When did the UN charter come into affect?
24 October 1945
When the UN began operations, the organisations objectives included what
Maintain international peace and security
Protecting human rights
Delivering humanitarian aid
Upholding international law
Promoting Sustainable development
How many founding members were there in the UN?
51 member states
Current membership of the UN
193
Last country to join the UN
South Sudan
Six principal organs of the UN
The General assembly
The security council
Economic and social Council ECOSOC
The trusteeship council
The international Court of Justice
the UN sacretariat
The UN system includes a multitude of specialised agencies, funds and programmes such as
The World Bank
The World health Organisation
The world Food programme
UNESCO
UNICEF
Aims of the UN
• To keep peace throughout the world;
• To develop friendly relations among nations;
• To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms.
Objectives of the UN 
Cooperation in United Nations Activities
• International peace and security,
• The promotion of the well-being of the peoples of the world,
• And international cooperation to these ends.
When did the trusteeship council of the UN get suspended
November 1, 1994, upon the independence of Palau, the last remaining UN trustee territory
The international Court of Justice is located where
The Hague
Six. Official languages of the UN used in inter-governmental meetings and documents.
Arabic, Chinese English, french Russian Spanish
UN General assembly- deliberative assembly of all UN member states
• May resolve non-compulsory recommendations to states or suggestions to the Security Council (UNSC);
Decides on the admission of new members, following proposal by the UNSC;
• Adopts the budget;
• Elects the non-permanent members of the UNSC; all members of ECOSOC, the UN Secretary General (following their proposal by the UNSC); and the fifteen judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Each country has one vote.
Who elects the chairperson the UN
Do you and secretary general is elected by the General assembly for five year
UN secretariat, administrative organ of the UN
• Supports the other UN bodies administratively (for example, in the organization of conferences, the writing of reports and studies and the preparation of the budget);
• Its chairperson- the UN Secretary General–is elected by the General Assembly for a five-year mandate and is the UN’s foremost representative.
International Court of Justice( universal court for international law)
• Decides disputes between states that recognize its jurisdiction;
• Issues legal opinions;
• Renders judgment by relative majority. Its fifteen judges are elected by the UN General Assembly for nine-year terms.
Term of UNjudges
Nine years they are elected by the UN General assembly
UN security council for international security issues
Responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security
May adopt compulsory resolutions
Has 15 members, five permanent members with veto power and 10 elected members
How many members does the UN security council has?
15 members
Five. Permanent members and 10 elected
UNeconomic and social Council(for global economic and social affairs)
Responsible for co-operation between states as regards economic and social matters;
• Co-ordinates co-operation between the UN’s numerous specialized agencies;
• Has 54. members, elected by the General Assembly to serve staggered three-year mandates.
How many members does the UN economic and social Council have
54 elected by the General assembly to Serve for three years
UN trusteeship council(for administering trust territory) currently inactive
• Was originally designed to manage colonial possessions that were former League of Nations mandates;
• Has been inactive since 1994, when Palau, the last trust territory, attained independence.
What are the peace keeping soldiers of the UN called
Blue helmets
The longest running active peacekeeping mission of the UN
United Nations truce supervision organisation(UNTSO)
Have been stationed in the middle is since 19408
Smallest peacekeeping mission of the UN
United Nations military Observer group in India and Pakistan(UNMOGIP) monitoring the ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir
Largest peacekeeping mission of the UN
United Nations organisation stabilisation mission in the democratic republic of the Congo( MONUSCO) which included 20,688 uniformed personnel
When was UNICEF- unitednations children’s fund created
1946
The Food and agriculture organisationFAO what is created when
1945
The UNDP- UN development programme was founded when
19,45
