| Term | Definition |
|---|
| When was the Atlantic Charter? | August 1941 |
| Who made up the Atlantic Charter? | Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt |
| Where did they make up the Atlantic Charter? | on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean |
| What was the Atlantic Charter about? | it talked about what the world was going to be like after the war. |
| charter | document that gives rights to people |
| disarmament | reduce the amount of weapons that they have |
| How many countries were in the UN Declaration? | 26 |
| What was the UN Declaration? | a fight against the axis powers |
| Who first used the UN? | Roosevelt |
| Where was the UNCIO? | San Francisco |
| When was the UNCIO? | 1945 |
| How many countries were in the UNCIO? | 50 |
| How many original members were there? | 51 |
| What does ratify mean? | ratify |
| What was the first part of the preamble? | prevent war and atrocities |
| What was the second part of the preamble? | every single person in every single country is important and entitled to basic human rights |
| Preamble | Introduction |
| Goals | things that are set to achieve |
| What was the first goal of the charter? | to maintain peace through collective Security, suppression of aggression |
| aggression | violence, intimidation, physical or mental |
| suppression | to hold back |
| collective security | provide security for everybody |
| Why did the league of nations fail? | because they didn't have collective securty |
| What was the second goal of the charter? | to promote friendly relations among nations |
| what was the third goal of the charter? | countries should cooperate with each other |
| humanitarian | do good deeds for other to help improve the quality of life for others |
| what was the 4th goal of the charter? | a place that people can go to accomplish the goals for the UN |
| what were the 2 basic requirements to be a member of the UN? | open to peace loving nations and have to follow the charter |
| How do you get to be a member of the UN | get voted in |
| expelled | kicked out |
| How many seats are in the general assembly | 192 seats |
| How many representatives does each member have? | 5 |
| Where are all of the organs located? | New York |
| What is the main responsibility of the general assembly? | to make recommendations to the security council |
| How many members does the Security council have? | 15 members |
| How many of the members of the security council are permament? | 5 |
| What is the main job of the security council? | to keep peace |
| What does abstain mean? | to not vote |
| what does veto mean? | to reject |
| What is council that has the power to take action? | Security council |
| How many members are in the economic and social council? | 54 |
| How do you get elected to the economic and social council? | by the general assembly |
| What is the economic and social council's goal? | to make the standard of living world wide higher |
| trust territory | a territory that has no government |
| what does the trustee council do? | takes over a government until they get their government back in order |
| How many judges are on the International court of justice? | 15 |
| What does the international court of justice do? | settle's disputes involving countries |
| What does the secretariat do? | administer day to day records |
| When is UN day? | october 24th |
| What are the main languages of the UN | french, spanish, chinese, Arabic, english, russian |
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