United Nations Flashcards
What are the three main purposes of the UN?
Maintain peace and security. Foster developing nations relationships with other nations.
Foster cooperation to solve economic, social, cultural or humanitarian problems.
How are the UN’s affiliated programmes run?
Each have their own membership, leadership and budget
Examples of their voluntary organisations
UNICEF and World Food Programme
Examples of their specialised agencies
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. And World Health Organisation
How is the UN funded?
Member states pay ‘dues’ based of their GDP, economic circumstances, government debt and more
Why does the UN have power dealing with peace and security issues?
Involved with security council
What forum do the UN use for discussing and assessing important issues such as climate change?
General Assembly Forum
When was the Security Council set up?
1945
What does the Security Council do?
Maintain world peace
What are the successes of the Security Council?
No wars across the 170 member states, maintained peace in Africa mainly, support nuclear disarmament
What are the weaknesses of the Security Council?
Powerful military stars just ignore it like Soviet Union. Nuclear powers are also still increasing with North Korea becoming most recent one
When was the World Food Programme set up?
1963
When was the Food and Agriculture Organisation set up?
1945
What do the World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organisation do?
Aim to eradicate and prevent global hunger and negotiate fairer trade between HICs and LICs
When was the World Health Organisation set up?
1948
