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- 2. Group’s members • ĐặngKim Hiếu - 1258020 • Trần Quang Khôi - 1258027 • Đào Ngọc Lan Đài - 1258007 • Nguyễn Trọng Tấn- 1258068 • Nguyễn Thị Trà My- 1258034
- 3. Outline • Introduction • Whatthey do • UN Failures & Scandals • Conclusion
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- 5. United Nations Headquartersin New York City
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- 8. Background and creationof UN • The name "United Nations" coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt • The forerunner of the United Nations was the League of Nations (1919 - under the Treaty of Versailles) • The United Nations – 24 October 1945
- 10. General Assembly • Mayresolve non-compulsory recommendations to states or suggestions to the Security Council (UNSC) • Decides on the admission of new members • Adopts the budget • Elects: • the non-permanent members of the UNSC • all members of ECOSOC • the UN Secretary General (following his/her proposal by the UNSC) • the 15 judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) • Each country has one vote.
- 11. Security Council • Responsiblefor the maintenance of international peace and security • May adopt compulsory resolutions • Has 15 members: • 5 permanent members with veto power • 10 elected members
- 12. Secretariat Supports the otherUN bodies administratively Its chairperson – the UN Secretary General – is elected by the General Assembly for a five-year mandate and is the UN's foremost representative Ban Ki-moon
- 13. Economic and SocialCouncil • Responsible for co-operation between states as regards economic and social matters • Coordinates co-operation between the UN's numerous specialized agencies • Has 54 members, elected by the General Assembly to serve three- year mandates.
- 14. Trusteeship Council • Wasoriginally designed to manage colonial possessions that were former League of Nations mandates • Has been inactive since 1994, when Palau, the last trust territory, attained independence
- 15. International Court ofJustice • Decides disputes between states that recognize its jurisdiction • Issues legal opinions • Renders judgement by relative majority • 15 judges are elected by the UN General Assembly for nine-year terms
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- 18. Objectives • Human Rights •Maintain International Peace and Security • Justice and International Law
- 19. Human Rights • Oneof the UN's primary purposes is "promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion", and member states pledge to undertake "joint and separate action" to protect these rights.
- 20. Human Rights Universal Declaration of HumanRights 1948 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979 the General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Childs 1989 2006 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2011 first resolution recognizin g the Rights of LGBT Peoples 1993 The United Commission on Human Rights was formed
- 21. Human Rights Human Rights High Commissioner for Human Rights HumanRights Council Human Rights Treaty Bodies Special Procedures UNDG-HRM Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
- 22. CEDAW • 19th Amendmentwhich granted women the right to vote • Working conditions and wages were better for women • Women had more job opportunities • Women could be in politics • Birth control • Better lives for women
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- 26. Formation • Cost: • In2004 was $2.8 billion. • In 2006, UN peacekeeping costs were about 5.03 billion. • In 2014 was 7.41 billion.
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- 32. Justice and InternationalLaw “ Establishing respect for the rule of law is fundamental to achieving a durable peace in the aftermath of conflict, to the effective protection of human rights, and to sustained economic progress and development “
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- 50. • The fivepermanent members enjoy the luxury of veto power • The Council resolution cannot be adopted when a permanent member vetoes a vote.
- 51. • On July19th, 2012, The Security Council attempted to evoke chapter VII sanctions from the United Nations Charter • But China and Russia vetoed
- 52. • 60,000 civilianshave been killed • Thousands more displaced.
- 53. Child Sex AbuseScandal
- 54. • Many nationsplead for support from the United Nations • The blue helmets of UN peacekeepers represent stability and safety.
- 55. • In the1990s, peacekeeping forces saw a rapid rise in child prostitution. • Senior officials in the United Nations refused to condemn the peacekeepers
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- 58. • The fightingforced 196,000 people to flee, and trapped over 50,000 civilians. • the United Nations made no attempts to intervene on behalf of the civilian population • From January to April of 2009, over 6,500 civilians were killed in this so- called “safe-zone”
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- 61. • These terroristacts continued throughout the remainder of the twentieth century, with no reaction from the UN
- 62. The 9/11 terroristattacks,
- 63. • UN finallytook action, outlawing terrorism and punishing those responsible for the attacks. • But it only applied only to Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
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