2. U.N-OVERVIEW
The United Nations is an international organization
founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51
countries committed to maintaining international
peace and security, developing friendly relations
among nations and promoting social progress,
better living standards and human rights.

3. Contd.
UN has 4 main purposes
 To keep peace throughout the world;
 To develop friendly relations among nations;
 To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor
people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to
encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms;
 To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve
these goals.

4. 00
Ban Ki-moon is the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Mr. Ban took office on 1 January 2007. On 21 June 2011, he was unanimously
re-elected by the General Assembly and will continue to serve until 31
December 2016.

5. General Assembly
 The General Assembly is the main deliberative,
policymaking and representative organ of the United
Nations.
 It comprises all the 193 Members of the United Nations
 It provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion
of the full spectrum of international issues covered by
the Charter.

6. General Assembly-President , Vuk Jeremić was
elected President of the sixty-seventh session of the
United Nations General Assembly on 8 June 2012.

7. COMMITTEES
1. First Committee (Disarmament and International
Security Committee)
2. Second Committee (Economic and Financial
Committee)
3. Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural
Committee)
4. Fourth Committee (Special Political and
Decolonization Committee)
5. Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary
Committee)
6. Sixth Committee (Legal Committee)

8. TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL
The Trusteeship Council is authorized to examine and
discuss reports from the Administering Authority on
the political, economic, social and educational
advancement of the peoples of Trust Territories and, in
consultation with the Administering Authority, to
examine petitions from and undertake periodic and
other special missions to Trust Territories.

9. Contd.
 The Charter established the Trusteeship Council as one of the main
organs of the United Nations and assigned to supervise the
administration of Trust Territories placed under the Trusteeship
System.
 Major goals of the System were to promote the advancement of the
inhabitants of Trust Territories and their progressive development
towards self-government or independence.
 Authorized to examine and discuss reports from the Administering
Authority on the political, economic, social and educational
advancement of the peoples of Trust Territories

10. ECOSOC
 The Economic and Social Council shall consist of fifty-four
Members of the United Nations elected by the General
Assembly.
 The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), established
by the UN Charter, is the principal organ to coordinate the
economic, social and related work of the United Nations
and the specialized agencies and institutions.

11. FUNCTIONS and POWERS
 The Economic and Social Council may make or initiate studies and reports
with respect to international economic, social, cultural, educational, health,
and related matters and may make recommendations.
 It may make recommendations for the purpose of promoting respect for, and
observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.
 It may prepare draft conventions for submission to the General Assembly, with
respect to matters falling within its competence.
 It may call, in accordance with the rules prescribed by the United Nations,
international conferences on matters falling within its competence.

12. THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
 The International Court of Justice shall be the
principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It shall
function in accordance with the annexed Statute,
which is based upon the Statute of the Permanent
Court of International Justice and forms an integral
part of the present Charter.

13. Contd.
 The Court is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It was
established by the United Nations Charter, signed in 1945 at San Francisco
(United States), and began work in 1946 in the Peace Palace, The Hague
(Netherlands).
 The Court, which is composed of 15 judges, has a dual role: in accordance with
international law, settling legal disputes between States submitted to it by
them and giving advisory opinions on legal matters referred to it by duly
authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies.
 The official languages of the Court are English and French.

14. SECURITY COUNCIL
 The Security Council has primary responsibility for the
maintenance of international peace and security.
 The Security Council takes the lead in determining the
existence of a threat to the peace or act of aggression.
 The Security Council also recommends to the General
Assembly the appointment of the Secretary-General and
the admission of new Members to the United Nations

15. FUNCTIONS & POWERS
Maintaining Peace and Security
When a complaint concerning a threat to peace is brought before it, the Council’s
first action is usually to recommend that the parties try to reach agreement by
peaceful means. The Council may:
 set forth principles for such an agreement;
 undertake investigation and mediation, in some cases;
 dispatch a mission;
 appoint special envoys; or
 request the Secretary-General to use his good offices to achieve a pacific
settlement of the dispute

16. Contd.
When a dispute leads to hostilities, the Council’s primary
concern is to bring them to an end as soon as possible. In
that case, the Council may:
 issue ceasefire directives that can help prevent an
escalation of the conflict;
 dispatch military observers or a peacekeeping force to help
reduce tensions, separate opposing forces and establish a
calm in which peaceful settlements may be sought.

17. PRESENTATION BY
SOMAN RAJ,S
M.A Social Work,
LOYOLA COLLEGE