1. The United Nations 1945-present

2. Intergovernmental organization made up of 193 member-states with the main purpose to globally promote and achieve peace and human rights Overview

3. ● Founded in 1945 to replace the collapsed League of Nations ● Began with 51 nations with the Charter of the United Nations, stating 4 goals: 1.To maintain international peace and security 2.To develop friendly relations based on human rights 3.To achieve international co-operation in solving world problems 4.To be a center for “harmonizing the actions of nations” Background

4. ● main representative body in which all member-states have one vote ● led by a president elected by the GA itself ● meets yearly, but can be called for emergency sessions ● votes on UN resolutions, or courses of action proposed by one of eight subcommittees ● two-thirds majority needed for certain important issues like admittance of new states, peace+security, and budget; other issues require only simple majority 1.General Assembly (GA)

5. ● Made up of 15 member states o 5 are permanent (The U.S., the UK, Russia, the PRC, and France) o other 10 are elected for two-year terms by the GA (Currently Argentina,Australia,Chad, Chile, Jordan, Lithuania Luxembourg, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, and Rwanda) ● Has power to veto GA resolutions ● “takes the lead in determining the existence of a threat to the peace or act of aggression”--UN website 2.Security Council

6. ● 54-member council elected by GA to discuss and vote on the UN’s economic and social policies and actions 3.Economic and Social Council

7. ● Responsible for carrying out the operations of the UN ● 43,000 staff members worldwide ● oath required not to answer to the authority of any one government ● Headed by Secretary-General (Ban Ki- moon) 4.Secretariat

8. ● Judicial arm ● settles international law cases ● Composed of 15 judges elected by the GA and Security council ● headed by an administrative body known as the Registry 5.International Court of Justice (ICJ)

9. ● responsible for overseeing the gradual development and independence of Trust Territories ● suspended in 1994 after the independence of Palau 6.Trusteeship Council

10. 1.Result of WWII 2.Economic Development and Integration 3.International Peace 4.International Law 5.Hegemony of Security Council nations Roles in Globalization

11. ● Dominance of WWII-winning superpowers (ex. Security Council) ● accused of being used to further Western interests ● lack of power/enforcement/effectiveness ● fears of new world order (Lubbock, TX) Criticisms/backlash

12. "United Nations Main Bodies." Www.un.org. N.p., n.d. Web. Sources