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The United Nations
The UN Declaration (1942)
Definition
January 1, 1942
Arcadia Conference
Allied "Big Four"
Core Pledges
Uphold Atlantic Charter
Employ all resources against Axis
No separate peace
Drafting
White House meeting
Authors: Roosevelt, Churchill, Hopkins
Term "United Nations" coined by Roosevelt
Significance
Precedent:
Axis unconditional surrender
Target:
Defeat of Hitlerism
Wilsonian self-determination principles
UN main bodies
General Assembly (GA)
193 member states
Universal representation
Deliberative, policy-making, representative
Security Council (SC)
International peace and security
15 members total
Council decisions legally binding for members
Sanctions or use of force authorization
Economic and Social Council
Central mechanism for UN system activities
54 members
Economic, social, environmental fields
Secretariat
Chief Administrative Officer: Secretary-General
International staff members worldwide
Day-to-day work and peacekeeping missions
The UN Charter (1945)
Historical Context
Permanent international police system for peace
World leaders preventing future human rights violations
San Francisco Conference
Juridical Meaning
Constituen and foundational treaty
Article 103: UN obligations prevail over all other treaties
UDHR (1948)
Essential Information
December 10, 1948
(by GA in Paris)
Experience of WWII atrocities
Cold War division
The Drafting Process
Commission on Human Rights
Drafting Committee
Committee chair: Eleanor Roosevelt
Main drafters
René Cassin (France)
John Humphrey (Canada)
Core Concepts
Human Dignity Principle
Basic rights
Independence from worldly powers