Flashcard Set Preview
| Side A | Side B | ||
| 1 |
When was the UN founded and how many members did they have
|
June 26th 1945 and there were 50 members that signed but 51 members all together , one...
|
|
| 2 |
Why did the 51st member not sign the same time as the other members?
|
It was because the 51st member was Polland and they hadn't established a post war government...
|
|
| 3 |
Where was the UN became legite.
|
San Fransisco confrence of 1945
|
|
| 4 |
What year did the United Nations become official or become enforced?
|
October 24th 1945
|
|
| 5 |
What are the six organs of the UN and what are their abreviations?
|
1. General Assembly - G.A.
2. Security Council - S.C.
3. Secretariat
4. Economic and Social...
|
|
| 6 |
What does the General Assembly do?
|
- deliberative body of the UN
- all representatives from governments meet for three months...
|
|
| 7 |
What does the Security Council do?
|
- primary responsibility is international peace and security
-has the power to back up declaration...
|
|
| 8 |
Who are the P5 ?
|
1. US
2. Russia
3. The United Kingdom
4. France
5. China
|
|
| 9 |
What does the Secretariat do?
|
- lead by secretary general
headquarters in New York, 2nd in Geneva
-staffed with 15,000...
|
|
| 10 |
What secretary general have been from Africa?
|
Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt (1992-1996)
Kofi Annan of Ghana (1997- 2007)
|
|
| 11 |
Who is the current Secretary General?
|
Ban ki Moon - from south korea
|
|
| 12 |
What does the Economic and social council do ?
|
- coordinate the economic and socizal work of the un
- there are 54 members that each have...
|
|
| 13 |
Trusteeship council
|
- has the p5 members
- original jurisidiction was over 11 former colonies
- after these...
|
|
| 14 |
International Court Justice
|
- 15 judges - 9 year terms
- world court
- resides at The hague, netherlands
- can issue...
|
|
| 15 |
what african secretary general came up with the blue helmet ? and what was the blue helmet?...
|
the blue helmets represented peace keeping "peace keeping helmets" and they were issued by...
|
No comments yet! Be the first to add a comment below!
Please login to post comments.
After login, we will forward you back to this flashcard.