The UN System

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The UN System

• I didnt sign up for 6th Committee I signed up
  for Legal!

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The Major Organs (Parts)

• International Court of Justice (ICJ)
• Security Council (SC)
• General Assembly (GA)
• Economic Social Council (ECOSOC)
• Trusteeship Council
• Secretariat - Bureaucracy

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The General Assembly

• GA Plenary
• Meeting of the GA as a whole

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The General AssemblyMain Committees

• 1st
• Disarmament and International Security
• DISC
• Disarmament
• Topics Lots of weapons (Atomic, Biological,
  Chemical, (ABC) Small Arms, Conventional)

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The General AssemblyMain Committees

• 2nd
• Economic and Financial
• Ecofin
• Topics Financial (Multinational corporations,
  Debt Crisis, etc.)

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The General AssemblyMain Committees

• 3rd
• Social Cultural and Humanitarian
• SCH or SHC
• Topics Please see the name above

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The General AssemblyMain Committees

• 4th
• Special Political and Decolonization
• SPD
• Topics Jammu Kashmir, East Timor, Places that
  used to be colonized by another country and are
  experiencing problems

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The General AssemblyMain Committees

• 5th Committee
• Administration Budget
• Rarely simulated because it has the more mundane,
  day to day work

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The General AssemblyMain Committees

• 6th
• Legal
• 6th Legal
• Topics State Sponsored Terrorism, Extradition,
  other legal issues

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GA Related Organizations Programmes

• Mr. Remmell you misspelled program!
• Hey, why do they call it English and not
  American?
• Its not an American spelling, but a British one
• Well at least thats the way I figure it

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GA Related Organizations Programmes

• United Nations Drug Control Program
• UNDCP
• Not to be confused with UNDP
• Topics Drugs

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GA Related Organizations Programmes

• United Nations Development Programme
• UNDP
• Topics Sustainable Development, Balancing
  concern with the environment with economic growth

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GA Related Organizations Programmes

• United Nations Environmental Programme
• UNEP
• Topics Environmental

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GA Related Organizations Programmes

• United Nations International Childrens Emergency
  Fund
• UNICEF
• Topics Children, duh

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GA Related Organizations Programmes

• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
  for Refugees
• UNHCR
• Not to be confused with UNCHR (UN Commission on
  Human Rights)
• Topics Refugees

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GA Related Organizations Programmes

• International Atomic Energy Agency
• IAEA
• Topics Nuclear (power, safety, weapons, etc.)

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GA Related Organizations Programmes

• Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
• COPUOS
• Topics Space

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GA Related Organizations Programmes

• Ad Hoc Committees
• Ad Hoc means for the purpose of (basically)
• So Ad Hoc Committees as for the purpose of
  discussing whatever comes after Ad Hoc
• Terrorism, Women

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ECOSOC Committees

• Commission for Social Development
• Commission on Human Rights
• Commission on Narcotic Drugs
• Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal
  Justice
• Commission on Science and Technology for
  Development

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ECOSOC Committees

• Commission on Sustainable Development
• Commission on the Status of Women
• Commission on Population and Development
• Statistical Commission

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ECOSOC Specialized Agencies

• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
  Organization (UNESCO)

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ECOSOC Specialized Agencies

• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

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The Security Council

• Open Agenda
• Round Robin Discussion
• Usually reserved for the best delegates

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International Court of Justice

• ICJ
• Meets to decide disputes between nations
• Question witnesses and discuss legal claims by
  both sides
• Represent the legal system of their country

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Regional Organizations

• Simulate work of other international agencies
• These agencies dont all use similar formats but
  they do at MUN conferences
• Simulations lie. Deal with it.

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Regional Organizations

• European Union (EU)
• Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• African Union (AU)
• Organization of American States (OAS)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)