The United Nations was founded in 1945 by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security. It provides a forum for its currently 192 member states to discuss issues and take collective action. The UN has five main bodies - the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, International Court of Justice, and Secretariat. Its goals are to maintain peace and security between nations, promote human rights and development, and address economic, social, and humanitarian issues. Over time it has expanded its efforts to include peacekeeping missions, providing humanitarian aid, working towards development goals, and more.

1. UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION
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. Due
to its unique international character, and the powers vested in
its founding Charter, the Organization can take action on a
wide range of issues, and provide a forum for its 192 Member
States to express their views, through the General Assembly,
the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and
other bodies and committees.

2. The United Nations is composed of five main bodies: The General Assembly, the Security Council, the
Economic and Social Council, the International Court of Justice and the Secretariat. They all seat at the UN,
New York, with the exception of the International Court of Justice located at The Hague, in the Netherlands.
Connected with UNO there are several specialized bodies that work in numerous areas such like health,
agriculture, civil aviation, climate and labour. These specialized bodies, together with the United Nations and
other programmes and funds (such as UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund) are part of the United
Nations system.
UNO has as main purposes/main activities:
· To maintain international peace and security;
· To develop friendly relations among nations;
· To encourage international cooperation to solve economic, social, cultural and humanitarian world
problems, by promoting the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms;
· To be the main centre designed to harmonize peoples’ action in order to achieve common goals.
Today, UNO involves 192 Member-States. Only the States may be full members and participate in the General
Assembly. Other inter-governmental and other legally recognised entities may participate, as observers, with
the right to take part but with no voting rights.

3. Recruitment Conditions and Benefits
In order to be recruited as a staff interpreter, a university degree is required
and the candidate must pass the UN competitive examination. AIIC
members are automatically recruited at P3 level. The contractual regime has
just been changed, formerly contracts were for 2 years of probation and then
permanent, now contracts are continuing and renewable.Benefits: staff
interpreters enjoy the following key benefits and allowances:Dependency
allowances : currently 2 686.00 dollars/year for each dependent family
member meeting the criteriaAffiliation to the UN Staff Joint Pension
Fund;Rental subsidy, when recruited or transferred if requiredMedical
insurance.UN staff members assigned to a duty station away from their
country of origin enjoy the following additional benefits:Education grant,
maximum of 25 949 dollars/school year for each child meeting the
criteria;Home leave : once every two years, the UN pays travel costs for a
staff member, spouse and dependent children to go to the country of origin of
the staff member;
Assignment grant and removal costs upon recruitment and separation payments on retirement.

4. Organization of the UN Today
To handle the complex task of getting its
member states to cooperate most efficiently,
the UN today is divided into five branches.
The first is the UN General Assembly. This
is the main decision-making and
representative assembly and is responsible
for upholding the principles of the UN
through its policies and recommendations.
It is composed of all member states, is
headed by a president elected from the
member states, and meets from September
to December each year.
The UN Security Council is another branch
and is the most powerful. It can authorize the
deployment of UN member states' militaries,
can mandate a cease-fire during conflicts and
can enforce penalties on countries if they do
not comply with given mandates. It is
composed of five permanent members and 10
rotating members.
The next branch of the UN is the International
Court of Justice, located in The Hague,
Netherlands. Next, the Economic and Social
Council assists the General Assembly in
promoting economic and social development
as well as the cooperation of member states.
Finally, the Secretariat is the branch headed
by the Secretary-General. Its main
responsibility is providing studies,
information, and other data when needed by
other UN branches for their meetings.

5. Membership
Today, almost every fully recognized independent state is a
member of the UN. To become a member of the UN, a
state must accept both peace and all obligations outlined in
charter and be willing to carry out any action to satisfy
those obligations. The final decision on admission to the
UN is carried out by the General Assembly after
recommendation by the Security Council.

6. Functions of the United Nations Today
 As it was in the past, the main function of the UN today is to maintain peace and security for all of
its member states. Though the UN does not maintain its own military, it does have peacekeeping
forces that are supplied by its member states. On approval of the UN Security Council, these
peacekeepers are, for example, sent to regions where armed conflict has recently ended to
discourage combatants from resuming fighting. In 1988, the peacekeeping force won a Nobel
Peace Prize for its actions.
 In addition to maintaining peace, the UN aims to protect human rights and provide
humanitarian assistance when needed. In 1948, the General Assembly adopted
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a standard for its human rights
operations. The UN currently provides technical assistance in elections, helps to
improve judicial structures and draft constitutions trains human rights officials, and
provides food, drinking water, shelter, and other humanitarian services to peoples
displaced by famine, war, and natural disaster.
 Finally, the UN plays an integral part in social and economic development through its
UN Development Program. This is the largest source of technical grant assistance in the
world. In addition, the World Health Organization; UNAIDS; The Global Fund to
Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; the UN Population Fund; and the World Bank
Group, to name a few, play an essential role in this aspect of the UN. The parent
organization also annually publishes the Human Development Index to rank countries in
terms of poverty, literacy, education, and life expectancy.

7. Millennium Development
Goals
At the turn of the century, the UN established what it called its
Millennium Development Goals. Most of its member states and
various international organizations agreed to target goals relating to
reducing poverty and child mortality, fighting diseases and
epidemics, and developing a global partnership in terms of
international development, by 2015.
A report issued as the deadline neared noted the progress that had
been made, lauding efforts in developing nations, and noted
shortfalls as well that need continued focus: people still living in
poverty without access to services, gender inequality, the wealth
gap, and climate change's effects on the poorest people.

8.  To maintain international peace and security and to that end; to
take effective collective measures for the prevention and
removal of threads to the peace and for the suppression of acts
of aggression or other breaches of the peace to bring about by
peaceful means in conformity with the principle of justice and
international law adjustment or settlement of international
disputes of or situations which might lead to a breach of the
peace
 To develop friendly relations among nations based respect for
principle of equal rights and self determination of peoples and
to take other appropriate measures to strengthen their
universal peace
 to achieve international cooperation in solving international
problems of an economic, social cultural, or humanitarian
character, in promoting and encouraging respect for human
rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as
to race,six language or religion
Aim and Objectives

9. Major achievements of the United Nations
Maintaining peace and security
Promoting human rights
Protecting the environment
Preventing nuclear proliferation
Promoting self determination and independence
Strengthening international law
Handing down judicial settlement of major international disputes
Providing safe drinking water
Eradicating smallpox
Pressing for universal immunization
Reducing child mortality rates

10. Failure of league of
nations
 The legal team ultimately provided
incapable of preventing threatened by
the axis powers
 Japan withdrew from the League as
well as Germany, Spain, Italy, France
and others
 In the result of Philly of the league's of
nations World War 2 came into being

11. Presented by:
AASHNA SEHGAL
AYUSH GUPTA
YATIKA SHARMA
ARSHIT NANDA