7.5C United Nations

• -> The United Nations is a complex organisation

  -> Founded by 51 countries following the end of WWII, it aims to:

  • Maintain international peace and security
  • Develop relations between countries
  • Promote social progress, living standards and human rights
• -> The UN is made of six principle divisions:

  • General Assembly
  • Security council
  • Economic and social council
  • Secretariat
  • International Court of Justice
  • Trusteeship council
• The UN includes many of the world's most powerful and influential IGOs:

  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • World Trade Organisation (WTO)
  • Counter-terrorism committees
  • International Law Commission

  
• Security council

  • There are five permanent members of the UN Security Council which is the most powerful part of the UN
  • China
  • France
  • Russia
  • UK
  • US
  • The five members have power of veto and can reject any proposal
• Climate change conference:

  -> COP has two main purposes -

  • To assess the effects of the past measures that have been introduced to limit climate change
  • To reach agreement and set out plans for future ways to limit climate change
  • In Paris 2015 every country agreed to:
  • Limit global warming to below 2oC and aim for 1.5oC
  • To make money available to adapt to the impacts of global warming