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United Nations
Case studies and examples
Russian Federation’s occupation of Crimea and aggression in eastern Ukraine had shown that violation of international law by a permanent Council member was a serious threat to peace and security. This illustrates the limitations of the UN system when one of its major P5 nations abuses its veto power to impede upon another nation's sovereignty.
The United Nations has proven to be ineffective in its handling of the nagorno karabakh conflict, since the 1990s the UN has passed more than 4 resolutions, yet has failed to quell the conflict in the disputed region (Which the UN recognises as belonging to Azerbergian despite it proclaiming to be a independence republic).
The question of state sovereignty (Ex. PRC vs ROC, NKR, etc. . .)
Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed by almost all member states of the UN... Except for the United States. " "bag of worms," an effort to "chip away at the U.S. Constitution."" - Senator Jesse Helms
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WHO’s authority to challenge states during serious outbreaks for the good of global health. (Ex. The lack of scrutiny against China durig the COVID pandemic lead to member states denouncing the WHO as a tool of China)
Effects of the organization
Promoting Equality and HR Ex. Ending Apartheid in South Africa
Promoting Self-determination and Independence, ending colonial rule (UN Trusteeships)
Maintaining Peace and Security & Helping to Resolve Major International Disputes
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(Sometimes)
Preventing Nuclear Proliferation & Supporting Disarmament
(Sometimes)
Promoting sustainable social and economic development
Structure of the organization
6 Principal Organs
Security Council (Only Binding Committee) P5 + 10
General Assemblies (6)
C1 - Disarmament & International Security
C2 - Economic & Financial
C3 - Social, Humanitarian & Cultural
C4 - Special Political & Decolonization
C5 - Administrative & Budgetary
C6 - Legal
Secretariat
Secretary General (António Guterres)
Deputy Secretary General (Amina J. Mohammed)
Under Secretaries
International Court of Justice
Trusteeship Council
Composed of P5, now almost obsolete as all trust territories are independent or self governing
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Expert bodies
Functional bodies
Standing committees
HLPF
Regional commissions
Specialised agencies under ECOSOC mandate (Ex. UNICEF)
United Nations Sustainable Development Group (36)
Aims and practice of the organization
The 6 aims of the united nations
To foster worldwide cooperation in solving economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems
To promote human rights and fundamental freedom for the people of the world
To develop friendly relations among nations on the basis of equality and the principle of self-determination
To serve as a centre where various nations can coordinate their activities towards the attainment of the objectives of the United Nations
To maintain international peace and security
To save succeeding generations from the scourge of war