United Nations Organization (UNO)

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
(UNO)
Presented By Group B

LEAGUES OF NATION
• IT WAS THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
• FOUNDED ON 10 JANUARY 1920 AS A RESULT OF THE PARIS PEACE
CONFERENCE THAT ENDED THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
• THREE MAJOR ORGANS
1. SECRETARIAT
2. ASSEMBLY
3. COUNCIL

GOALS OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS
• PRIMARY GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN THE “WORLD PEACE”.
• TO AVERT FUTURE CONFLICTS AS DIVESTING THE WORLD WAR ONE.
• TO HELP COUNTRIES IN DIFFERENT CRISES LIKE ECONOMIC, HEALTH,
EDUCATION ETC.

FAILURE OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS
• THE LEAGUE ULTIMATELY PROVED INCAPABLE OF PREVENTING THREATEN BY
THE AXIS POWERS.
• JAPAN WITHDREW FROM THE LEAGUE AS WELL AS GERMANY, SPAIN, ITALY,
FRANCE AND OTHERS.
• IN THE RESULT OF FAILURE OF LEAGUES OF NATIONS WORLD WAR TWO CAME
INTO BEING.

WORLD WAR II
• THE OCCURRENCE OF WWII IS THE FAILURE OF “LEAGUE OF NATIONS”.
• IT WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1939 – SEPTEMBER 2, 1945.
• MAJOR ACTORS WERE “ALLIED POWERS” AND “AXIS OF POWER”.
• WORLD WAR 2 ENDED WITH THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF THE AXIS
POWERS. ON 8 MAY 1945, THE ALLIES ACCEPTED GERMANY'S SURRENDER,
ABOUT A WEEK AFTER ADOLF HITLER HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE
• THE OUTCOMES WERE
1. END OF GERMAN THIRD REICH.
2. UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA BECOME GLOBAL SUPERPOWERS..

CREATION OF UNO

• JANUARY 1ST, 1942, THE NAME “UNITED NATION” COINED.
• COINED BY US PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
• DURING 2ND WORLD WAR.
• 26 NATION PLEDGED THEIR GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE FIGHTING AGAINST THE AXIS
POWERS.

• DURING PREPARATORY YEARS OF UN, DIFFERENT CHARTERS, CONFERENCES WERE
HELD.
• DECLARATION OF ST. JAMES PALACE., JUNE 12TH 1941.
• THE ATLANTIC CHARTER, AUGUST 14TH 1941.
• THE DECLARATION OF UN. JANUARY 1ST 1942.
• MOSCOW AND TEHRAN CONFERENCE, 1943.
• DUMBARTON OAKS AND YALTA. 1944-1945.
• SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE, 1945.

• UNITED NATION MAIN BODIES;
• GENERAL ASSEMBLY;
• DECISIONS ARE MADE WITH 2/3RD MAJORITY.
• SECURITY COUNCIL;
• THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERAL SECURITY BETWEEN OR IN COUNTRIES.

Member States
1945

MEMBER STATES
2015
193 Members in
2015

WORKING BODY

MISSION
• MAINTAINING INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
• PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT
• PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS
• DELIVER HUMANITARIAN AID

OBJECTIVES
• MAINTAINING PEACE AND SECURITY
• DEVELOPED FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP
• SOLVING INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS
• PROVIDING BASICS HUMAN RIGHTS

PRINCIPLE OF UNO
• THE ORGANIZATION OF UN IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE EQUALITY
OF ITS MEMBERS.
• MEMBERS SHALL SETTLE INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE BY PEACEFUL MEANS.
• ALL MEMBERS SHALL REFRAIN FROM THREAT OR USE OF FORCE AGAINST ANY
STATE.
• ALL MEMBERS SHALL ASSIST THE UN IN ANY ACTION IT TAKES AGAINST STATE
THAT IS AN OFFENDER.
• UN IS NOT EMPOWERED TO INTERVENE IN THE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF ANY
STATE.

ORGANS OF UNO

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS THE MAIN DELIBERATIVE ORGAN OF THE UNITED
NATIONS AND INCLUDES ALL ITS MEMBERS.
• IT MAY DISCUSS ANY MATTER ARISING UNDER THE UN CHARTER AND MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO UN MEMBERS
• IN THE ASSEMBLY, EACH NATION, LARGE OR SMALL, HAS ONE VOTE AND
IMPORTANT DECISIONS ARE TAKEN BY A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE.
• THE ASSEMBLY MEETS EVERY YEAR FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER.
• THE WORK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS ALSO CARRIED OUT BY ITS SIX
MAIN COMMITTEES, THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, OTHER SUBSIDIARY
BODIES AND THE UN SECRETARIAT.

THE SECURITY COUNCIL
• THE SECURITY COUNCIL HAS PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THE CHARTER
FOR MAINTAINING PEACE AND SECURITY
• IF FIGHTING BREAKS OUT, THE COUNCIL TRIES TO SECURE A CEASEFIRE. IT
MAY THEN SEND PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS TO TROUBLED AREAS.
• THE COUNCIL HAS 15 MEMBERS, INCLUDING FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS:
CHINA, FRANCE, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
• THE OTHER 10 ARE ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE BASIS OF
GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION FOR TWO-YEAR TERMS.

THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
• THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC) IS THE CENTRAL BODY FOR
COORDINATING THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS
AND THE UN FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS.
• IT HAS 54 MEMBER NATIONS ELECTED FROM ALL REGIONS. AS MUCH AS 70
PER CENT OF THE WORK OF THE UN SYSTEM IS DEVOTED TO PROMOTING
HIGHER STANDARDS OF LIVING.
• TO MEET SPECIFIC NEEDS, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS SET UP A NUMBER
OF SPECIALIZED AGENCIES

AGENCIES AND PROGAMMES
• FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO),
• THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
• THE UN EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO)
• THE UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMED (UNDP)
• THE UN CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF)
• THE OFFICE OF THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR).
• THE WORK OF THESE AGENCIES AND PROGRAMMED IS COORDINATED BY
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THE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL
• THE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL WAS ASSIGNED UNDER THE UN CHARTER TO
SUPERVISE THE ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST TERRITORIES
• THE SYSTEM WAS CREATED AT THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR TO
PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THOSE DEPENDENT
TERRITORIES AND THEIR PROGRESSIVE.

THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
• THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) IS THE UN’S MAIN JUDICIAL
ORGAN. PRESIDING OVER THE ICJ, OR “WORLD COURT”, ARE 15 JUDGES, EACH
FROM A DIFFERENT NATION, ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND
SECURITY COUNCIL.
• THE SEAT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IS AT THE HAGUE IN THE
NETHERLANDS

THE SECRETARIAT
• THE SECRETARIAT IS MADE UP OF AN INTERNATIONAL STAFF WORKING AT UN
HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, AS WELL AS UN OFFICES IN GENEVA, VIENNA,
NAIROBI AND OTHER LOCATIONS.
• IT CONSISTS OF DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES WITH A TOTAL STAFF OF AROUND
16,000, DRAWN FROM SOME 175 COUNTRIES.
• THE SECRETARIAT IS HEADED BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL.
• THE SECRETARY-GENERAL MAY BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SECURITY
COUNCIL ANY MATTER WHICH, IN HIS OPINION

EIGHT SECRETARIES-GENERAL
• TRYGVE LIE (NORWAY), 1946-1952
• DAG HAMMARSKJOLD (SWEDEN), 1953-1961
• U THANT (BURMA, NOW MYANMAR), 1961-1971
• KURT WALDHEIM (AUSTRIA), 1972-1981
• JAVIER PÉREZ DE CUELLAR (PERU), 1982-1991
• BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI (EGYPT), 1992-1996
• KOFI ANNAN (GHANA), 1997-2006
• BAN KI-MOON (REPUBLIC OF KOREA), SINCE 2007.

SUCCESS OF UNO ON WORLD

SUEZ CRISIS (1956)
SUEZ CANAL
• SHIPPING CANAL THROUGH THE 100 MILES OF DESERT BETWEEN AFRICA AND ASIA.
• 1956, EGYPTIAN LEADER “GAMAL ABDEL NASSER” SEIZED CONTROL OF THE SUEZ
CANAL.
IMPORTANCE
• SHORTEST OCEAN LINK BETWEEN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE INDIAN OCEAN.
• EASED COMMERCE FOR TRADING NATIONS
• HELPED EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWERS TO GAIN AND GOVERN THEIR COLONIES
• SHORT SEA ROUTE TO THE OILFIELDS OF THE PERSIAN GULF.

• BRITAIN AND FRANCE, TOGETHER WITH ISRAEL LAUNCHED ATTACKS ON
EGYPT.
• USSR THREATENED TO SHOWER THE WEST WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
• UNITED NATIONS EMERGENCY FORCE (UNEF)

PROMOTING AND PROTECTING HUMAN
RIGHTS
• POLITICAL, CIVIL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS.
• PROMOTED HUMAN RIGHTS OF CHILDREN, WOMEN, REFUGEES, INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE
• UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS(UNHCR) ESTABLISHED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HEALTH CARE
• THE JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMMED ON HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) IT PROVIDE
UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO HIV PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
TREATY
• UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC),
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TREATY.
OBJECTIVE
• “TO STABILIZE GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE AT A
LEVEL THAT WOULD PREVENT DANGEROUS AND ANTHROPOGENIC INTERFERENCE
WITH THE CLIMATE SYSTEM.”

• HUMAN ACTIVITIES ARE THE PRIMARY CAUSE FOR ‘CLIMATIC
CHANGES’

FAILURE OF UNO

TOP EIGHT FAILURES OF UNITED NATIONS
1. TERRORISM
• BEGINNING OF MODERN TERRORISM IN 1968.
• U.N FAILED TO TAKE ACTIONS AND FAILED TO MAKE STATE SECURE FROM THIS ACT.
2. NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
• AT THE CREATION OF THE UN IN 1945, THE UNITED STATES WAS THE ONLY NATION
IN THE WORLD TO OWN AND TEST NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
• THE FAILURE OF THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY LEADS UN TO THEIR INABILITY.

3. CHILD ABUSE
• NUMEROUS NUMBER OF CASES IN 1990.
• COUNTRIES INVOLVE ARE
• BOSNIA, KOSOVO, CAMBODIA, HAITI, AND MOZAMBIQUE.
4. VETO POWER
• THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL CONSISTS OF FIFTEEN NATIONS.
• MOST USE OF VETOES BY CHINA AND RUSSIA LEADS TO INTERNATIONAL
INTERVENTION.
• SYRIAN CIVIL WAR BEGAN, AN ESTIMATED 60,000 CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED.

5. SREBRENICA MASSACRE
• IN 1995 BOSNIAN WAR MASSACRE WAS THE SINGLE WORST ACT OF MASS MURDER
ON EUROPEAN SOIL SINCE WORLD WAR II.
• BY JULY 18TH, 7,800 BOSNIAKS WERE DEAD, DUE LARGELY TO AN ILL-EQUIPPED
AND UNPREPARED UN FORCE.
6. THE COLD WAR
• THE COLD WAR EXEMPLIFIES THE FAILURE BEHIND THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER.
• IN 1948, THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (UDHR) WAS
ESTABLISHED.

7. SOMALIA CONFLICT
• THERE WAS NO NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN SOMALIA FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES.
• INTERVENTION OF U.N DUE TO WEAK GOVERNMENT.
• U.N WAS UNORGANIZED AND UNPREPARED.
• IN 1991, AN ESTIMATED 350,000 TO 1,000,000 SOMALIS HAD DIED BECAUSE OF THE
CONFLICT.
8. RWANDA GENOCIDE
• THE RWANDAN CIVIL WAR IN THE EARLY 1990S, TENSIONS BETWEEN TWO ETHNIC
GROUPS, THE HUTU AND THE TUTSIS, WERE AT A DANGEROUS HIGH.
• THOUSANDS HAD FLOCKED TO THE SCHOOL FOR UN PROTECTION, AND ROAMING
GANGS OF HUTU SUPPORTERS KILLED NEARLY ALL OF THEM. CLOSE TO ONE MILLION
RWANDANS WERE KILLED IN THE GENOCIDE

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