United Nations

UNITED NATIONS
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
 The United Nations is an
international organization
founded in 1945. It is
currently made up of 193
Member States. The
mission and work of the
United Nations are
guided by the purposes
and principles contained
in its founding Charter.
UN Headquarters in New York City
The United Nations can take action on the
issues confronting humanity in the 21st
century, such as peace and security, climate
change, sustainable development, human
rights, disarmament, terrorism, humanitarian
and health emergencies, gender equality,
governance, food production, and more.
MEMBER STATES
 Each of the 193 Member  States are admitted to
States of the United membership in the UN by
Nations is a member of a decision of the General
the General Assembly. Assembly upon the
recommendation of the
Security Council.
MAIN ORGANS
The main organs of the UN are the General

Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic
and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the
International Court of Justice, and the UN
Secretariat. All were established in 1945 when
the UN was founded.
1.General Assembly
 The General Assembly is the main deliberative,
policymaking and representative organ of the UN.
 Each year, in september, the full UN membership
meets in the General Assembly Hall in New York
for the annual General Assembly session,
and general debate, which many heads of state
attend and address.
 Decisions on important questions, such as those
on peace and security, admission of new
members and budgetary matters, require a two-
thirds majority of the General Assembly.
Decisions on other questions are by simple
majority.
THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HALL
2.Security Council
 It has 15 Members (5  In some cases, the
permanent and 10 non- Security Council can
permanent members). Each
resort to imposing
Member has one vote.
sanctions or even
 The Security Council takes
the lead in determining the
authorize the use of force
existence of a threat to the to maintain or restore
peace or act of aggression. It international peace and
calls upon the parties to a security. The Security
dispute to settle it by peaceful Council has a Presidency,
means and recommends which rotates, and
methods of adjustment or
changes, every month.
terms of settlement.
3.Economic and Social
Council
The Economic and Social Council is the principal
body for coordination,
 policy review,
 policy dialogue,
 recommendations on economic, social and
environmental issues,
 implementation of internationally agreed
development goals.
It has 54 members, elected by the General
Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. It is
the United Nations’ central platform for
 reflection,
 debate,
 and innovative thinking on sustainable
development.
4.Trusteeship Council
 The Trusteeship Council was  The Trusteeship Council
established in 1945 by the suspended operation on 1
UN Charter, to provide November 1994. By a
international supervision for resolution adopted on 25 May
11 Trust Territories that had 1994, the Council amended its
been placed under the rules of procedure to drop the
administration of seven obligation to meet annually and
Member States, and ensure agreed to meet as occasion
that adequate steps were required -- by its decision or
taken to prepare the the decision of its President, or
Territories for self- at the request of a majority of
government and its members or the General
independence. By 1994, all Assembly or the Security
Trust Territories had attained Council.
self-government or
5.SECRETARIAT
 The Secretariat, one of the main organs of the UN,
is organized along departmental lines, with each
department or office having a distinct area of action
and responsibility. Offices and departments
coordinate with each other to ensure cohesion as
they carry out the day to day work of the
Organization in offices and duty stations around the
world. At the head of the United Nations
Secretariat is the Secretary-General.
FUNDS, PROGRAMMES, SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND OTHERS
 UNICEF-The United Nations Children's Fund

provides long-term humanitarian and
development assistance to children and mothers.
 IMF-The International Monetary Fund fosters
economic growth and employment by providing
temporary financial assistance to countries to help
ease balance of payments adjustment and
technical assistance. The IMF currently has $28
billion in outstanding loans to 74 nations.
 UNESCO-The
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultur
al Organization
focuses on everything from teacher training to
helping improve education worldwide to
protecting important historical and cultural sites
around the world. UNESCO added 28 new World
Heritage Sites this year to the list of irreplaceable
treasures that will be protected for today's
travelers and future generations.
STUDY CASE
UN 2019 CLIMATE SUMMIT
 As the Secretary-General has said, climate change continues to
move faster than our efforts to address it. Amid record-breaking
temperatures in parts of the world, and with the past two decades
the warmest on record, the Secretary-General delivered a major
address at UN Headquarters on 10 September.
 Speaking to an audience of young people, business leaders,
journalists and diplomats on the eve of the Global Climate Action
Summit in San Francisco and the annual gathering of world
leaders for the opening of the new General Assembly session in
New York, he outlined the danger, highlighted solutions, and
emphasized the need for greater ambition and stronger leadership
in addressing what he has called “the defining threat of our time”.
 The Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals are
the foundations for global efforts to address climate change.
The purpose of the 2019 Climate Summit is to
challenge states, regions, cities, companies,
investors and citizens to step up action in six
areas:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!!!
SITEOGRAPHY
 http://www.un.org/en/about-un/
 http://
www.un.org/en/sections/what-we-do/index.html
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations

United Nations

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

United Nations

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Description:

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

United Nations

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

UNITED NATIONS

The main organs of the UN are the General

 recommendations on economic, social and

 UNICEF-The United Nations Children's Fund

You might also like