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United nations Systems Flashcards

1
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Created

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1945

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2
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Members went from to

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51 to 193
Because of decolonized countries

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3
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Purposes of UN

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Maintain international peace and security
Develop friendly relations among nations
Achieve international cooperation
Be a center for harmonizing the actions

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4
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Five main organs

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Security council
Secretariat
General assembly
Economic and social council
International court of justice

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5
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All states are

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Equally represented

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6
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Security council’s members

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15 members including
5 permanent

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7
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5 permanent members of security council

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USA
China
France
Uk
Russia
Have veto right

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8
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ECOSOC discusses

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Environment social economic challenges

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9
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Secretariat

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Administrative arm
Collects data

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10
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International court of justice

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Principal organ not based in NY

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11
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Trusteeship council

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Suspended its operation in 1994

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12
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UN specialized agencies

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17
WHo
Unesco

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13
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Un funds and programs

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UNICEF
UNEP

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14
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8 millennium established in

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2000
To be achieved in 2015
Ensure env sustainability
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Gender equality
(fail because of narrow focus, uneven progress…)

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15
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Sustainable dev goals in

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2015 by 2030
17 goals
No poverty
0 hunger
Gender equality
Life on land

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16
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Limits of SDG

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Ambitious targets
Inequalities between countries

17
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Security council is

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Limited because of veto right
Slow machine
Outdated

18
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Collective security

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Korea in June 1950
After NK invasion, military forces were authorized by UNSC

19
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PKOs

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Prior to their creation SC checks if
-ceasefire
-mandate
-safety and security of Un personnel

20
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Fundamental principles for PKO

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Consent of parties
Impartiality (not neutrality or inaction)
Non use of force

21
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Birth of new PKO

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Greater interaction w civil population
1st of this type in Namibia (to promote the independence through free and fair elections)

22
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Srebrenica genocide after the fall of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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1995
Massacres and inappropriate action of the Dutch blue helmets who witnessed the massacres (they made the mistake of separating men from women facilitating the targeted massacres of men)

23
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PKO must

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Since 1994
Take into consideration perceptions and attitudes
Better protect civilians

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