| Term | Definition |
|---|
| preamble | introduction of the United Nations Charter |
| goals of the preamble | prevent atrocities, everyone counts, every has human rights |
| goals of the united nations | keep peace by collective security; suppression of acts of aggression, countries should be friendly, countries should co-operate with each other to help the economy and being humanitarian, and be a place where countries can come and work out their problems |
| members of the united nations | have to accept the charter of the united nations and be a peace loving nation |
| collective security | all countries coming together to provide security for one another |
| suppress | to stop, hold back, put to an end, prevent aggression |
| aggression | physical violence and threats and mental violence and threats |
| humanitarian | helping to make someone's life better |
| sanction | members can be penalized because of bad behavior |
| franklin roosevelt | who was the founder of the United Nations |
| atlantic charter | when the war was over there shall be no territorial aggrandizement, there will be disarmament, and freedom of the seas, and to respect sovereignty of nations |
| winston churchill, franklin roosevelt | who were the people who put the atlantic charter together? |
| 1941 | when was the atlantic charter made |
| charter | a contract, contains a list of rules and guidelines that countries follow |
| aggrandizement | making something greater than it should be |
| disarmament | reducing weapons and military |
| sovereignty | power and people in a country that can make their own decisions |
| united nations declaration | main idea was to keep fighting the axis powers, the countries who sign this are agreeing to fight Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| 1942 | when did the united nations declaration go into effect |
| united nations | international organization of countries |
| 26 | how many countries agreed to fight and to follow the atlantic charter - that is where the term united nations comes form |
| sanfrancisco conference | another name for the UNCIO |
| 1945 | when was the UNCIO put into effect |
| 50 | how many countries attened the UNCIO |
| united nations conference on international organization | they ratified the United Nations Charter |
| ratified | to approve |
| organs | general assembly, security council, economic and social council, international trusteeship system, international court of justice, the secretariat |
| general assembly | make recommendations to the security council, and decide who the other members of the organs are |
| general assembly | if you are apart of the UN you are apart of this, each country has one vote and 5 representatives |
| security council | maintain peace, tries to solve friction in between countries, imposes sanctions |
| security council | 15 members, 5 permanent and 10 nonpermanent, take 9 out of 15 votes to approve decision, members can abstain, permanent members are allowed to veto |
| united states, china, russia, great Britain, and france | 5 permanent members of the security council |
| abstain | not vote |
| veto | reject |
| economic and social council | improve the standard of living around the world, promote cultural exchanges |
| 54 | how many members are in the economic and social council |
| international trusteeship system | another country would supervise those trust territories until they became stable, doesnt meet; no trusts today |
| trust territories | a territory that has no government or any kind or organization. There were a lot of these at the end of WWII |
| international court of justice | they hear disputes about countries |
| hague, netherlands | where is the international court of justice located |
| 15 | how many members does the international court of justice have |
| secretariat | giant administrator of the United Nation, they run everything |
| secretary general | what is the head of the secretariat called |
| secretary general | head chief administrative officer of the organization |
| ban ki moon, south korea | who is the secretary general now and where is he from |
| october 24, 1945 | the day that the United Nations went into effect |
| 6 | how many languages are there in the United Nations |
| arabic, chinese, english, french, russian, spanish | name the languages of the United Nations |
| security council | what is the most powerful organ |
| new york | where is the main headquarters of the UN located |
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