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INT 3131 The Activities of the United Nations 1.International Peace and Security 2.Economic and Social Development 3.Human Rights 4.Humanitarian Assistance.

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1 INT 3131 The Activities of the United Nations 1.International Peace and Security 2.Economic and Social Development 3.Human Rights 4.Humanitarian Assistance 5.International Law

2 INT 3132 Lecture Summary (26.11.2002) International Peace and Security 1.organs for dealing with issues of international peace and security 1.The role of the Security Council 2.The Role of the General Assembly 3.The Role of the Secretary General 2.United Nations activities cover the areas of 1.Peacemaking 2.Peacekeeping 3.Peacebuilding 4.Disarmament 5.Enforcement

3 INT 3133 The Role of the Security Council primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security international peace and security The Council may convene at any time, whenever peace is threatened all Member States are obligated to carry out the Council's decisions Decisions of the Council require nine yes votes

4 INT 3134 The UN Activities EnforcementDisarmament Conflict AgreementPeace Peacemaking Peacekeeping Peacebuilding

5 INT 3135 The UN Activities Peacekeeping peacekeepingpeacekeeping operations are executed by the Security Council

6 INT 3136 The UN Activities Peacekeeping The Scope of Peacekeeping Activities military duties, such as observing a ceasefire or establishing a buffer zone while negotiators seek a long-term solution civilian police or other civilian personnel to help organize electionselections monitor human rightshuman rights to monitor peace agreements in cooperation with the peacekeeping forces of regional organizations

7 INT 3137 The UN Activities Peacekeeping The Duration of Peacekeeping Activities may last for a few months or continue for many years The UN's operation at the ceasefire line between India and Pakistan in the State Kashmir, for example, was established in 1949 UN peacekeepers have been in Cyprus since 1964 On the other hand, the UN was able to complete its 1994 mission in the Aouzou Strip between Libya and Chad in a little over a month.

8 INT 3138 The UN Activities Peacebuilding Lasting peace requires Economic development Social justice Environmental Protection Democratisation Disarmament Respect for Human Rights

9 INT 3139 The UN Activities Peacebuilding Development assistance is a key element of peace-building Who conducts Dev. Ass.? UN in cooperation with UN agencies, donor countries, host governments NGOs

10 INT 31310 The UN Activities Peacebuilding The Scope of Peacebuilding Operations IN THE AFTERMATH OF CONFLICT to support good governance to support civil law and order to support elections to support human rights to rebuild administrative to rebuild health to rebuild educational and other services

11 INT 31311 The UN Activities Disarmament Purposes of Disarmament Activities Halting the spread of arms reducing and eventually eliminating all weapons of mass destruction

12 INT 31312 The UN Activities Disarmament The Scope of UN Activities on Disarmament an ongoing forum for disarmament negotiationsdisarmament making recommendations initiating studies supporting multilateral negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament and in other international bodies

13 INT 31313 The UN Activities Disarmament Some Disarmement Treaties Concluded by the UN Initiative Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1968) the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (1996) treaties establishing nuclear-free zones prohibit the development, production and stockpiling of chemical weapons (1992); bacteriological weapons (1972); ban nuclear weapons from the seabed and ocean floor (1971) and outer space (1967)

14 INT 31314 The UN Activities Disarmament Organisms for Disarmament 1.The UN Register of Conventional Arms the system for standardized reporting of military expenditures to promote greater transparency in military matters 2. The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency through a system of safeguards agreements, ensures that nuclear materials and equipment intended for peaceful uses are not diverted for military purposesInternational Atomic Energy Agency 3. And in The Hague, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons collects information on chemical facilities worldwide and conducts routine inspections to ensure adherence to the chemical weapons conventionOrganisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

15 INT 31315 2. Others Millennium Development Goals http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/index.ht ml


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