United Nations

• United Nations


  The leading institution in charge of global governance
• The United Nations was founded, in the wake of the Second World War, as a way to prevent future conflicts on that scale


  1945
• United Nations


  • Does not directly bring together the people of the world, but sovereign nation states
  • Currently counts 193 members who make recommendations through the UN General Assembly
• Main mandates of the United Nations

  • Preserve global security
  • Settle international legal issues through the International Court of Justice
  • Implement key decisions through the Secretariat, led by the Secretary General
• PURPOSES OF UNITED NATIONS

  ❖ Maintain international peace and security

  ❖ Develop friendly relations among nations

  ❖ Achieve international cooperation in solving international problems

  ❖ Be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.
• Principles underlying the United Nations

  • All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means
  • All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state
• General Assembly


  The primary deliberative and policymaking arm of the UN
• Security Council


  Primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security
• Economic and Social Council


  Provides a central forum for discussing the world's economic, social, and environmental challenges and for formulating policy recommendations to address them
• Trusteeship Council


  Was established to oversee the 11 "trust territories "established under the UN Charter
• International Court of Justice

  Also known as the World Court, is the UN's principal judicial organ
• Secretariat


  UN's administrative arm, comprised of civil servants responsible for carrying out the day-to-day operations of the organization