United Nations ......
Established
24th October 1945 by 51 countries
Headquarter
New York, United States
Official languages
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Total
Membership
193 member
Present Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon
First Secretary General
Trygve Lie,
Norway
United Nations was established
San Francisco City
Permanent Members in Security Council
Russia, USA, France, China and UK.
Logo designer of the United Nations
Donal McLaughlin
Newest Member in UN
South Sudan, 14th July 2011
Six Principal Organs
The General Assembly
The Security Council
The Economic and Social Council
The Secretariat
The International Court of Justice
The United Nations Trusteeship Council
Organizations
and specialized agencies of the United Nations
Name
Headquarters
Established
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Rome, Italy
1945
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Geneva, Switzerland
1946
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
London, United Kingdom
1948
World Food Programme (WFP)
Rome, Italy
1963
World Health Organization (WHO)
Geneva, Switzerland
1948
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Vienna, Austria
1957
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Geneva, Switzerland
1947
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Madrid, Spain
1974
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
Bern, Switzerland
1947
International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO)
Montreal, Canada
1947
International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD)
Rome, Italy
1977
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Washington, D.C., USA
1945
World Bank (WB)
Washington, D.C., USA
1945
World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO)
Geneva, Switzerland
1974
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Geneva, Switzerland
1950
United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO)
Vienna, Austria
1967
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Paris, France
1946
The UN has 4
main purposes
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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
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