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Title: Introduction to the United Nations


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Introduction to the United Nations
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Brief history
  • World War 2
  • United Nations Conference on International
    Organization
  • 1945
  • San Francisco
  • 50 countries ( Poland)
  • Wrote United Nations Charter
  • Signed June 26, 1945
  • 24 October 1945
  • United Nations Day
  • Charter ratified by Big 5 and majority of other
    signatories

3
Charter
  • The Charter is the constitution of the United
    Nations
  • sets out rights and obligations of members
  • established structure and procedures

4
Purposes
  • Specified in Charter
  • Maintain international peace and security
  • Collective security
  • Develop friendly relations among nations
  • Principles of equal rights and self-determination
  • Cooperate in solving international economic,
    social, cultural and humanitarian problems and in
    promoting respect for human rights and
    fundamental freedoms
  • Be a centre for harmonizing the actions of
    nations in attaining these ends

5
Structure
  • Six principal organs of the United Nations
  • General Assembly
  • Security Council
  • Economic and Social Council
  • Trusteeship Council
  • International Court of Justice
  • Secretariat
  • Many other agencies, programmes and other organs
  • Organization chart www.un.org/aboutun/chart_en.pd
    f

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The United Nations Family of Organizations
  • Made up of
  • United Nations Secretariat
  • United Nations programmes and funds
  • For ex. UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF) and UN
    Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Specialized agencies, organizations, commissions,
    offices, departments, unions, institutes
  • Examples World Health Organization (WHO),
    Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Office for
    Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), Department of Public
    Information (DPI), Universal Postal Union (UPU),
    Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
  • Each programme, fund, and agency has own
    governing body and budget
  • List www.unsystem.org

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Budget
  • Budget for two years 2.5-3 billion
  • Main source is contributions of member states
  • assessed on a scale approved by the General
    Assembly
  • fundamental criterion capacity to pay
  • determined by considering relative shares of
    total gross national product
  • adjusted to take into account other factors
  • Members also assessed for costs of peacekeeping
    operations
  • Almost as much as general budget
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