| Term | Definition |
|---|
| four main purposes of the UN | tho keep peace throughout the world, to devolope friendly relations among nations to work together to help poor people live better lives |
| who are the members of the UN | all peace loving countries, only Taiwan and Holy see are not members, 192 members |
| how is the UN organized | General assembly, Security council, economic and social council, trusteeship council, international court of justice, secratariat |
| General assembly | central organ of UN, every nation can speak up and be heard on an matter, meets third tuesday of september |
| security council | five permanent members: China, France, Russia, UK, US. Perm. Mem. can veto resolutions |
| Economic and social council | concerned with trade/transport |
| trusteeship council | people from trusteeship council go to disputed territories |
| international court of justice | main UN organ for handing down legal judgements. only countries not individuals can take cases before the court |
| the secretariat | carries out day to day operations by the secretary general |
| secretary general | the cheif officer of the UN, only 8 secretary generals since the UN was organized (current one is Ban KI-moon) |
| what languages does the UN speak | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russain, and Spanish |
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