The United Nations has four main purposes: to keep peace worldwide, develop friendly relations between nations, help nations improve lives of poor people through issues like hunger and disease, and encourage respect for rights and freedoms. It is headquartered in New York City and has over 190 member countries. Its structure includes the Security Council with five permanent members having veto power, the General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, and International Court of Justice. Specialized agencies include the IAEA, ICAO, FAO, WHO, UNESCO, WFP, and WMO. The UN also conducts peacekeeping missions with Blue Helmets. The European Union has expanded over time and has three pillars - the European Commission, Council of

1. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2. The 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. UN HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY

3. UNITED NATIONS MEMBER COUNTRIES

4. STRUCTURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS

5. BAN KI – MOON (South Korea), present Secretary General of the United Nations)

6. SECURITY COUNCIL 5 PERMANENT MEMBERS WITH VETO POWER

7. GENERAL ASSEMBLY

8. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

9. INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE PEACE PALACE, THE HAGUE PUBLIC HEARING

10. SOME SPECIALIZED AGENCIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS IAEA ICAO FAO WHO UNESCO WFP WMO WORLD BANK

11. UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS BLUE HELMETS

14. ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

15. EUROPEAN UNION TIMELINE

17. THE THREE PILLARS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

19. Executive power Legislative power

20. Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council EUROPEAN COUNCIL

21. http:// ec.europa.eu / commission _2010-2014/ index_en.htm Catherine Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the EU José Manuel Durao Barroso, President of the European Commission EUROPEAN COMMISSION The EU Commission members:

22. The Council is the main decision-making body of the European Union. The ministers of the Member States meet within the Council of the European Union. Depending on the issue on the agenda, each country will be represented by the minister responsible for that subject (foreign affairs, finance, social affairs, transport, agriculture, etc.). The presidency of the Council is held for six months by each Member State rotationally. COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

23. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, STRASBOURG

24. EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE