United Nations

Abby Manring, Hannah Oltman, Scottie Martin, Anvita

Panajkar
Structure of the organization
Permanent 5

US

China

Russia

GB

France

Non members

Kosovo
5 organizations
1.General Assembly

The Secretariat(secretary general) is appointed by the General

assembly(also the head of the UN).

1.Security Council

2.Economic and Social Council

3.Defunct Trusteeship Council

4.International court of Justice

Antnio Guterres - the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Aims & Practices
The UN has goals in the following sections:

- Maintain International Peace and Security

- Protect Human Rights

- Deliver Humanitarian Aid

- Promote Sustainable Development

- Uphold International Law

EFFECTIVENESS
- Declaration of Human Rights

- The UN CHARTER

- General Assembly Resolutions

Effects - Global
Peace

16 peacekeeping operations

UN Peacebuilding Commission

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Economics

UN Development Program (UNDP)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Social

Improving literacy and education

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Effects- Global
Environment

UN Environment Program (UNEP)

Providing safe drinking water

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

International Law

UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Prosecuting war criminals

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Health

Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Effects - Local
Peace

Clearing landmines in countries/territories like Afghanistan, Colombia, Libya, Sudan

Preventing genocide: tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda and UN supported courts for Cambodia

Combating secual violence: Secretary-Generals Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict

Economics

Focus on African development (New Partnership for Africas Development)

Human Rights

Promoting Womens Rights: World Conference in Beijing set agenda for promoting gender equality

Ending apartheid in South Africa

Fostering democracy: UN assisted elections in Afghanistan, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq,
Nepal, Sierra Leone, Sudan
Effects- Local
International Law

UN tribunals established for Yugoslavia and Rwanda have helped expand international humanitarian and
international criminal law

Health

Helping disaster victims

Case Study - Maintain International Peace & Security
1949: United Nations
Military Observer Group in
India & Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
- Kashmir Conflict

GOAL: supervise ceasefire

between India & Pakistan in
the territory of Jammu &
Kashmir

1971: UNMOGIP returned

following renewed
hostilities
Case Study - Protect Human Rights
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Case Study - Deliver Humanitarian Aid
United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Health Organization (WHO)
International Red Cross
World Food Programme (WFP)
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