Post War United Nations U.N. Agencies Europe Divided Wild Card 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10
Established to supervise occupied regions
Allied Control Council
Established to write peace treaties
Council of Foreign Ministers
Tried major captured Nazi leaders
Nuremburg Trials
Remove Nazis from government, education, and industry
Denazification
Fate of Germans in Poland, Czechoslovakia, etc.
Expelled from their home countries, they refugee back to Germany
All members have representation here
General Assembly
Deals with questions of peace; has fifteen members, including 5 permanent members
Security Council
Coordinated major specialized agencies and institutions
Economic and Social Council
Settles Country vs. Country disputes
International Court of Justice
Staff for day to day work, like research
Secretariat
Formulates international standards for workers’ rights
International Labor Organization
Tries individuals for genocide, mass murder, atrocities, etc.
International Criminal Tribunals
International health programs
World Health Organization
Aids children; fights disease, illiteracy, malnutrition
UNICEF
5 part agency to improve the standard of living through investment and development
World Bank
USSR buffer zone of eastern European countries
Satellites
Artificial dividing line between eastern and western Europe; term coined by Churchill
Iron Curtain
Stop the spread of Communism to new areas
Truman Doctrine (Containment)
Formed by US and eleven other western European countries for protection from Communism
NATO
Formed in May 1955 by USSR and eastern European countries for defense
Warsaw Pact
High level officials from US and USSR meet
Summit Conferences
Period of tension and threats between the US and USSR 1946-1991
Cold War
Current secretary-general of the United Nations
Ban Ki-moon
Plan to rebuild Europe’s economy
Marshall Plan
Lost SE Asian and North African colonies in expensive wars after World War II
France