An introduction to the United Nations

1. Introduction to
the United
Nations
and the Millennium Development Goals

2. What is the UN?
● Formed after the Second World War
o Hope to prevent similar conflicts in the future
● Formed after the League of Nations failed
● 193 nations are part of the UN
● Headquarters in New York City
General-Secretary Ban Ki-moon
from South Korea

3. Bodies of the UN
● Bodies = distinct
groups (“a body of
people” means “a
group of people”)
o General Assembly
o The Security Council
o Economic and Social
Council
o The Trustee Council
o The International
Court of Justice
o The Secretariat

4. Powers of the UN
● Membership of the UN is voluntary (but
pretty much everyone is in it)
● The UN does not ENFORCE rules
● Instead it creates resolutions that
ENCOURAGE nations to act in a certain way
● If a member country does not abide by a
resolution, not much can be done about it

5. Millennium Development
Goals
● In 2002, the United
Nations created 8
goals for the year
2015
● These are goals
that were to be
worked on by all
countries

6. Millennium Development
Goals
● You will now be
assigned groups to
look at an individual
goal.
● Your group will
present your goal to
the rest of the class
● Choose a speaker!