The United Nations Organization (UNO) officially came into existence in October 1945 after the Second World War. It was formed to replace the League of Nations‚ which had proved incapable of restraining aggressive dictators like Hitler and Mussolini. In setting up the UNO‚ the great powers tried to eliminate some of the weaknesses‚ which had handicapped the league. The UN charter was drawn up in San Francisco in 1945‚ and was based on proposals made at an earlier meeting between the USSR USA China
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CHALLENGES OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL AND PROPOSE TACTICAL MEASURES TO OVERCOME THESE CRISES Introduction i) The United Nations The United Nations is an international organization instituted with a visionary goal and objective of promoting world peace‚ security‚ and cooperation under the terms of the Charter‚ signed by member countries. Established in 1945 by 51 founding states‚ the institution has its headquarters at New York City. The focal point of the organization is focus on affairs of the
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The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose main objectives are stated to be; facilitating cooperation in international law‚ international security‚ economic development‚ social progress‚ human rights‚ and achievement of world peace. The UN delegates these responsibilities to various agencies which include 193 member states. The organization consists of six main bodies as well as several other prominent agencies. The success of the UN‚ measured given their main objectives‚ can
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The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA/GA) is one of the five principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation. Its powers are to oversee the budget of the United Nations‚ appoint the non-permanent members to the Security Council‚ receive reports from other parts of the United Nations and make recommendations in the form of General Assembly Resolutions.[1] It has also established a wide number of subsidiary organs.[2] The General Assembly
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The United Nations appeared in 1945‚ after the annihilation of the Second World War‚ with one focal mission: the support of global peace and security. The UN does this by attempting to counteract struggle; helping parties in strife make peace; peacekeeping; and making the conditions to enable peace to hold and thrive. These exercises regularly cover and ought to strengthen each other‚ to be viable. The UN Security Council has the essential duty regarding global peace and security. The General Assembly
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| The United Nations | | | 2/14/2013 | A paper tiger? | | | The United Nations A paper tiger? The United Nations (U.N.) represents almost every nation in the world‚ with close to 200 member nations. Formed by world leaders a few months after the end of World War II‚ in 1945‚ the United Nations set world peace as its primary objective. While international tensions continued to run high throughout the Cold War‚ the U.N. helped world leaders negotiate differences and avoid another
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matter their race‚ gender‚ or nationality‚ have the right to life‚ inalienable freedoms‚ and security of themselves‚ their families‚ and their communities. One such document is the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Unlike such documents as the Declaration of Independence‚ which only affects United States citizens; this declaration seeks to give these rights and securities to all human beings alive in the world today. And throughout the world organizations and universities have
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prostitution and pedophilia and more than 150 other allegations have been uncovered by UN investigators‚ all perpetrated by UN peacekeepers‚ specifically ones from Pakistan‚ Uruguay‚ Morocco‚ Tunisia‚ South Africa and Nepal. Peacekeepers from three of those nations are also accused of obstructing the investigation.[ • Also‚ a French UN logistics expert in Congo was charged of rape and child pornography in the same month. The BBC reported that young girls were abducted and raped by UN peacekeepers in Port-au-Prince
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UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP): The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) coordinates United Nations environmental activities‚ assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices. It was founded as a result of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in June 1972 and has its headquarters in the Gigiri neighborhood of Nairobi‚Kenya. UNEP also has six regional offices and various country offices. Its activities cover a wide range
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THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE CHANGING WORLD Piotr Bystrek‚ IBP ¹ 12062 "WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED *to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war‚ which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind‚ and *to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights‚ in the dignity and worth of the human person‚ in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small‚ and *to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations
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