THE UNITED NATIONS

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Principal Organs of the United Nation Organization

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SECURITY COUNCIL

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

SECRETARIAT

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The General Assembly• It is like a world parliament.• It consist of representatives of all member nations. • All the member states are represented in the General

Assembly, each having one vote.

The main functions of the General Assembly are-• To discuss the powers and functions of other organs.• It can discuss any matter such as peace and security,

money matters and admission of new members. • To elect the Judges of the ICJ• To appoint secretary General• The General Assembly meets once a year for a period of

three months.

The General AssemblyTHE SECURITY COUNCIL

The Security Council• It is mainly responsible for ensuring peace in the world

• It is composed of 15 members of which 5 are permanent members and 10 are elected by the General Assembly

• The five permanent members are the USA, the UK, Russia,China,and France.

• The 10 permanent members are elected by the General Assembly for two years and are not eligible for immediate re-election

• Each member of the security council has one vote. • VETO-The approval of all the permanent members is necessary on

important matters. If any permanent member casts a “veto”to show its disagreement then no decision can be taken

The Economic and Social council

The Economic and Social council• The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is the UN’s

welfare council, which coordinates the economic and social activities.

• It seeks to build a world of greater prosperity, stability and justice.

• It organizes major international conferences and prepares draft.

• The ECOSOC is composed of 54 members.• Each year the General Assembly elects, its one-third, that

is 18 members for a period of 3 years.• It deals with the economic issues like trade , transport,

Industrialization and social issues. • It promotes respect for human rights and freedom for all.

The Trusteeship Council

The Trusteeship Council• The Trusteeship Council of UN may be called the

“Protector of Dependent Peoples” who are not yet able to govern themselves.

• Such territories are to be administered under the Trusteeship Council system by the member states.

• By the end of 1994 ,all the original 11 trust territories of the Trusteeship Council have become independent.

The International Court of Justice

The International Court of Justice• It is the main judicial organ of the UN • The International Court of Justice popularly known as the

“World Court” is the principal judicial organ of the UN• The Court is not open to private persons and parties.• It settles legal disputes between states and gives advisory

opinion to the UN.• The Court comprises 15 judges who are elected by the

General Assembly and the Security Council• No two judges can be appointed from one country at a

time • The judges serve a 9 year term and may be re-elected • The seat of the International Court of Justice is at the

Hague in the Netherlands.

The Secretariat

The Secretariat • The secretariat performs all the day-to-day functions of

the UN.• It administers the programmes and policies laid down by

various organs of the UN. • It keeps all records.• Its chief Administrative Officer is the Secretary General.• He is appointed by the General Assembly on the

recommendation of five-year term, which is renewable.• The Secretariat known as the UN office, has its

headquarters in New York, USA.• Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are

the six official languages of the UN.

Name Nation Period Picture 1.Trygve Lie Norway Feb 1946-Nov

1952

2.Dag Hammarskjöld

Sweden April 1953-Sep1961

3.U Thant Myanmar Nov 1961- Dec 1971

1.Trygve Lie Norway Feb 1946-Nov 1952

Secretaries General of the UN

Name Nation Period Picture 5.Javier Perez de Cuellar

Peru Jan 1982-Dec 1991

6.Boutros Boutros Ghal

Egypt Jan 1992-Dec 1996

7.Kofi A. Annan Ghana Jan 1997-Dec 2006

8.Ban Ki Moon South Korea 1.Jan 2007-till date

FAO

UNESCO

WHO

UNICEF

ILO

Specialized Agencies of The UN

Name of the Agency

Year of foundation Headquarter Work Awards special

1 .ILO 1919 Geneva Labour Related Nobel Peace Prize

1969

2. FAO 16 Oct.1945 Rome Food & Agriculture

Related

World Food Day 16th Oct.

3.UNESCO 1946 Paris Education & Cultural Related

Members 70

4.UNICEF 1946 New York Women and Child Related

Nobel Peace Prize

5.WHO 1948 Geneva Health Related _

INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES OF THE UN