The UN
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- 10 rotating sc members
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(belgium, congo, ghana, indonesia, italy, panama, peru, quatar, slovakia, south africa)rotate every 2 years
- 1961
- vienna convention (diplomatic immunity)
- 5 permanent sc members
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china, france, uk, russian fed, us ---> allies from wwiihave vote power
- 6 official languages
- english, french, spanish, chinese, russian, and arabic
- 6 organs
- general assembly, security council, economic and social, trusteeship council, international court of justice, secretariast
- ban ki-mon
- from south korea, current secretary general
- based on
- justice, human dignity, well-being of all people
- current number of countries
- 192
- date of establishment
- october 1945
- definition
- international organization focused on bringing all nations together to work for peace and development
- diplomatic immunity
- principle in international law in which federal officials are not subject to local laws (ie no tax liability outside country, unlimited entry and exit between countries, special liscence, vip status) given to keep diplomats from being hindered, not for pe
- economic and social council
- coordinates all economic and social work of un
- general assembly
- everyone
- goal topics (8)
- poverty and hunger, education, gender equality, child mortality, maternal health, hiv/aids and other diseases, environmental sustainability, and global partnership for development
- headquarters (2)
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in nyc, land and buildings are international territory (own flag, stamp, post office)also in geneva, switz
- important info
- not a world government, does not make laws, provides the means to help resolve international conflicts and formulate policies on matters affecting all of us
- intention
- create peace among the world
- international court of justice (world court)
- judicial organ, 15 judges elected by ga and sc, decide disputes between countries
- leader
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senior officer of un secretariast (secretary general), provides overall guidance
- member guidance
- members must accept the obligations of the un charter
- member of es council
- 54 members, elected for 3 year terms by ga
- mission
- internation peace and security, friendly relations among nations, solve international problems, promote respect for human rightsa nd fundamental freedoms, be center for harmonizing actions of nations
- number of countries at first
- 51
- offices (6)
- austria, vienna, ethiopia, jordan, thailand, and chile.
- persona non grata
- unwanted person, your country declares you on your mission
- reason for establishment
- failure of league of nations, ie wwii
- secretariat
- carries out substantice and administrative work of the UN directed by the ga and sc
- security council
- 5
- security council members
- 5 permanent + 10 rotate = 15 members
- suspencion of trusteeship council
- in 1994, because last territory was decided
- trusteeship council
- provides international supervicion of trust territories, meet yearly to discuss any issues
- un charter
- international treaty that sets out the basic principles of international relations
- unfpa
- united nations populations fund
- unhcr
- office of the united nations high commissioner for refugees
- unicef
- united nations children's fund
- us representative
- richard c halbrooke
- wfp
- world food programme