How the World Works Together The United Nations How the World Works Together

The U.N. Brings Nations and People Together to talk over the issues to negotiate and agree on principles to move forward to create the process for working together to bring together resources to accomplish goals

United Nations Charter In the beginning - 1945 The treaty to create the U.N. is the United Nations Charter Signed originally by 51 Nations Now there are 192 Member States

The Legislature of Nations General Assembly The Legislature of Nations (every Nation has one vote)

Security Council War and Peace Issues (15 members; 5 permanent; 10 elected by General Assembly on regional basis for 2-year terms)

Economic and Social Council Social and Economic Issues (54 Members elected by General Assembly for 3-year terms)

Court of Justice World Court for Nations (15 judges elected by the General Assembly for 9 years)

International Criminal Court Treaty finalized in 1998, into force in 2002 Independent Court for Crimes Against Humanity (18 judges elected by States who signed the Treaty) (104 State Parties)

Administrator for Activities Secretariat Administrator for Activities (5-year term, selected by Security Council; ratified by General Assembly) Kofi Annan Ban Ki-moon

The Basic Structure The General Assembly The Security Council The Economic and Social Council The Secretariat The International Court of Justice The International Criminal Court

The Purpose Maintain international peace and security Develop friendly relations among nations Promote cooperation to solve problems Serve as a center for harmonizing and working on common ends

The Process Define an issue or concern in the General Assembly Hold a Conference for Nations to meet & discuss the issue Conference develops a statement, or an action plan or a treaty

Examples Universal Declaration of Human Rights Geneva Accords on Torture Conferences and Treaties on Human Rights Refugees Terrorism Environment Disarmament Organized Crime

How the World Works Together The United Nations How the World Works Together

How the World Works Together Recognize a Problem Meet to Bring Together Best World Thinking on the Issue Agree on at Least the Lowest Common Denominator May Not Solve Problem But We Move Forward