The United Nations (UN) was founded in 1945 to replace the League of Nations and aims to facilitate international cooperation, security, development, and peace. It contains 193 member states and six principal organs, including the General Assembly and Security Council. Other prominent UN organizations are the World Health Organization, World Food Programme, and UNICEF. The UN Economic and Social Council is responsible for global economic and social affairs, and the International Court of Justice decides disputes between states.

1. UNITED NATIONS
• The United Nations (abbreviated UN in English, and
ONU in French and Spanish), is an international
organization whose stated aims are facilitating
cooperation in international law, international
security, economic development, social
progress, human rights, and achievement of world
peace.
• The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to
replace the League of Nations, to stop wars
between countries, and to provide a platform for
dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary
organizations to carry out its missions.
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2. • There are 193 member states, including every
internationally recognized sovereign state in the
world but Vatican City. From its offices around the
world, the UN and its specialized agencies decide
on substantive and administrative issues in regular
meetings held throughout the year.
• The organization has six principal organs:
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3. SIX PRINCIPAL ORGANS:
• General Assembly
• Security Council
• Economic and Social Council
• Secretariat for providing studies, information, and
facilities needed by the UN);
• International Court of Justice (the primary judicial
organ)
• United Nations Trusteeship Council
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4. OTHER PROMINENT UN SYSTEM:
• World Health Organization
• World Food Programme (W F P )
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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5. UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
- FOR GLOBAL ECONOMICAL AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
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• responsible for cooperation between states on
economic and social fields (raising the general standard
of living, solve economic, social and health
problems, promotion of human rights, culture and
education, as well as humanitarian aid)
• therefore it has established numerous functional and
regional commissions
• also coordinates the cooperation with the numerous
specialized agencies of the United Nations
• has 54 members, who are elected by the UN General
Assembly to serve staggered three-year mandates
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6. INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
- UNIVERSAL COURT FOR INTERNATIONAL
LAW (BASED IN THE HAGUE) -
• decides disputes between states that recognize its
jurisdiction and creates legal opinions
• the 15 judges are elected by the UN General
Assembly for nine years. It renders judgement with
relative majority
• parties on the ICJ can only be countries, however
no international organizations and other subjects of
international law (not to be confused with the ICC)
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