The document summarizes the history and structure of the United Nations. It describes how the UN was formed after the failure of the League of Nations following World War II. It outlines the UN's goals of maintaining peace, developing friendly relations between countries, and promoting human rights. It details the six main organs of the UN including the General Assembly, Security Council, and others. It also lists many of the agencies and programs run by the UN related to issues like health, refugees, children, and more.

4. • The League of Nations was to be based in
Geneva, Switzerland. This was formed after
World War I. But, this was failed. After, the
World war II an organisation named United
Nations was formed. It has many organs
and agencies. Some of its Agencies were
taken from League Of Nations agencies and
organs.

5. • • To keep peace throughout the world.
•To develop friendly relations between nations.
•To work together to help the people to live better
lives, to eliminate poverty, disease and illiteracy
in the world, to stop environmental destruction
and to encourage respect for each other's rights
and freedoms.
•To be a centre for helping nations achieve these
aims.

6. •
• All Member States should have sovereign equality.
•All Member States must obey the Charter.
•Countries must try to settle their differences by
peaceful means.
•Countries must avoid using force or threatening to use
force.
•The UN may not interfere in the domestic affairs of any
country.
•Countries should try to assist only the United Nations.

7. • There are 6 organs of United Nations.
• They are :-
1. General Assembly
2. Security Council
3. Economic and Social Council
4. Trusteeship Council
5. International Court of Justice ( World
Court)
6. Secretariat

10. • The Security is the most powerful organ is
the most powerful organ of UN. It is
responsible for maintaining peace and
security in the world. It has a limited
membership. It is comprised of 15 members
out of which five members are the
permanent members and the remaining ten
which are elected by the general assembly
are non permanent. The five permanent
members are USA, UK, Russia ,China and
France.

12. • It was set up to ensure the administration
and development of those areas of the world
which were not able to govern themselves.
Eleven such territories were bought under
the trust of the council. All such territories
are now either independent of have joined
other countries .Since there is no trust
territory to be administered now, it ceases to
play any important role.

14. • It is the Principal Judicial Organ of the United
Nations. It is located at Hague, in the Netherlands.
Popularly, it is known as World Court, it comprises
of 15 Judges who are elected by the General
Assembly and the Security Council for a term of
nine years. The Judges are chosen on the basis of
their expertise in International Law. There can’t be
two judges from the same country at the same
time. Only the member states can bring cases
before this court and not the private individuals.

16. • It is headed by the Secretary General. It serves the
needs of various organs of UN as well as the
representatives of the member countries. It’s staff
is from the various countries. There are about
50,000 employees from about 170 nations. The
staff is accountable only to the United Nations
and not to any particular member country. Since
the inception of UN there have been eight
secretary generals including the present one. Ban-
ki-moon is the present Secretary General of the
UN.

18. • There are approximately 60 agencies of United Nations. Some of
them are given below :-
1. International Labour Organization (ILO)
2. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
3. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
4. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)

19. United Nations High Commissioner for Refuges
(UNHCR)
United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations Joint Programme on
(UN AIDS)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights (OHCHR)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC)

20. 10.United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
11.United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
12. United Nations Women Fund (UNIFEM)
10. World Food Programme (WFP)
11.World Health Organization (WHO)
12.Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)

21. International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA)
International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO)
International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD)
International Maritime Organization
(IMO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

22. International Telecommunication
Union (ITU)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Bank (WB)
World Food Programme (WFP)
World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO)

23. World Meteorological Organization
(WMO)
World Tourism Organization
(UNWTO)
Organisation for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
United Nations Democracy Fund
(UNDEF)
United Nations Fund for International
Partnerships (UNFIP)

24. United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification (UNCCD).
United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC).
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC).
Special Court for Sierra Leone
(SCSL).

25. United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Commission on
International Trade Law
(UNCITRAL)
United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime (UNODC)
United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)

26. United Nations Fund for International
Partnerships (UNFIP)
United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Human Settlements
Programme (UN–HABITAT)
United Nations Institute for
Training and Research (UNITAR)

27. Operational Satellite Applications
Programme (UNOSAT).
United Nations Relief and Works
Agency for Palestine Refugees
in the Near East (UNRWA).
Universal Postal Union
(UPU).

28. • Ban Ki-moon ( was born on 13 June, 1944 ) is the
eighth and current Secretary-General of the United
Nations, after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Ban
was the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea
from January 2004 to November 2006. On 13
October 2006, he was elected to be the eighth
Secretary-General by the United Nations General
Assembly. On 1 January 2007, he successfully
succeeded Annan, and led several major reforms
regarding peacekeeping and UN employment
practices. He became the first South Korean to run
for the office.