front 1 State | back 1 legitimate user of physical violence |
front 2 Global Governance | back 2 defined as "theformal and informal arrangements that produce a degree of order and collective action above the state in the absence of a global government," |
front 3 United Nations | back 3 leading organization for international cooperation, peace, and security, with the unique authority to use force against aggressors. |
front 4 UN | back 4 a membership-directed organization and the members are all states. |
front 5 The four main goals of UN are: | back 5 To promote peace and security. Protect human rights.Foster social and economic progress. Promote friendly relations between countries |
front 6 Where and when did the UN Charter was signed | back 6 on June 26, 1945in San Francisco. |
front 7 The UN Charter organs are | back 7 Economic and Social Council. Trusteeship Council. The International Court of Justice. Security Council. General Assembly. Secretariat (Article 7, Chapter III). |
front 8 Economic and Social Council's (ECOSOC) | back 8 primary objective is to advance the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. |
front 9 Trusteeship Council | back 9 was established as a main organ of the UN (Chapter XIII) to provide international supervision of Trust Territoriesthat are under the administration of seven member-states |
front 10 International Court of Justice | back 10 United Nation's principal judicial organ |
front 11 International Court of Justice | back 11 Its role is to settle legal disputes between states (contentious cases) and to provide advisory opinions on legal questions referred by the UN organs and specialized agencies |
front 12 SECURITY COUNCIL (SC) | back 12 THE MOST POTENT ORGAN WITH THE POWER TO MAKE LEGALLY BINDING RESOLUTIONS. IT IS COMPRISED OF THE STRONGEST MILITARY STATES AND IS A CONCRETE MANIFESTATION OF THE REALITY OF POWER DYNAMICS. |
front 13 SECURITY COUNCIL | back 13 COMPOSED OF 15 MEMBERS, AMONG THEM WOULD BE THE FIVE STATES WHICH ARE GRANTED PERMANENT SEATS BY THE UN CHARTER (CHAPTER V). THE FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS (PM), ALSO KNOWN AS THE PERMANENT FIVE OR P-5, ARE CHINA, FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN, RUSSIA, AND THE UNITED STATES ALL OF WHICH ARE ALLIES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND ARE NUCLEAR STATES. |
front 14 NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS (NPM) | back 14 ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (GA) FOR OVERLAPPING TWO-YEAR TERMS. THE TEN NON-PERMANENT SEATS ARE DIVIDED AMONG REGIONS: FIVE STATES FROM AFRICAN AND ASIAN |
front 15 General Assembly (GA) | back 15 Its the UN's only body with universal representation (all 193 member states). |
front 16 General Assembly | back 16 It discusses various international issues and makes recommendations, using a simple majority vote for most decisions and a two-thirds majority for key issues (peace & security, budget, new members) |
front 17 Secretariat | back 17 the United Nations is the administrative arm of the UN. |
front 18 Secretariat | back 18 It carries out the day-to-day work of the Organization as directed by the other principal organs (General Assembly, Security Council, ECOSOC, etc.). It's headed by the Secretary-General and comprises a large staff of international civil servants. |