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When was the UN founded and how many members did they have
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June 26th 1945 and there were 50 members that signed but 51 members all together , one later signed
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Why did the 51st member not sign the same time as the other members?
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It was because the 51st member was Polland and they hadn't established a post war government after world war two.
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Where was the UN became legite.
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San Fransisco confrence of 1945
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What year did the United Nations become official or become enforced?
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October 24th 1945
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What are the six organs of the UN and what are their abreviations?
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1. General Assembly - G.A.
2. Security Council - S.C.
3. Secretariat
4. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
5. Trusteeship Council (T.C.)
6. International Court of Justice (I.C.J.)
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What does the General Assembly do?
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- deliberative body of the UN
- all representatives from governments meet for three months each fall and review reports from other five organs
-they make recommendations on a wide range of international questions
- approve the U.N. budget and apportion expenses
- each member has one vote
- most decisions are made by simple majority but important decisions must require two thirds vote
- takes recommendations from the security council and appoints secretary general
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What does the Security Council do?
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- primary responsibility is international peace and security
-has the power to back up declaration swith actions to ensure compliance with them
- there are 5 perminant members and ten elected every two years by the general assembly .
-for something to pass it must have a yes by all of the p5 members if one says no then its defeated
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Who are the P5 ?
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1. US
2. Russia
3. The United Kingdom
4. France
5. China
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What does the Secretariat do?
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- lead by secretary general
headquarters in New York, 2nd in Geneva
-staffed with 15,000 international civil servants
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What secretary general have been from Africa?
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt (1992-1996)
Kofi Annan of Ghana (1997- 2007)
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Who is the current Secretary General?
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Ban ki Moon - from south korea
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What does the Economic and social council do ?
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- coordinate the economic and socizal work of the un
- there are 54 members that each have 3 year terms
- oversees five regional economic commissions
- women status, population, sustainable development
- have committes on program coordination and non governmental organizations
- holds sessions for 4-5 weeks a year
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Trusteeship council
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- has the p5 members
- original jurisidiction was over 11 former colonies
- after these colonies got their independence its fate is idle
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International Court Justice
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- 15 judges - 9 year terms
- world court
- resides at The hague, netherlands
- can issue advisory opinions
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What african secretary general came up with the blue helmet ? and what was the blue helmet?
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The blue helmets represented peace keeping "peace keeping helmets" and they were issued by Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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