Tag: political science

The United Nations is an international organization aiming to maintain the peaceful equilibrium of the world by preventing wars between countries and aid in the development of living standards in the world. It has 193 sovereign countries as its members at present.

Each member of the Security Council has one vote. Decisions on procedural matters are made by an affirmative vote of nine members, including the concurring votes of all five permanent members. The negative vote of a permanent member is called a veto. The Council is powerless to act if any of the five permanent members use the veto power. 

The Council is composed of 15 Members: five permanent members: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly.

The United Nations Security Council is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security as well as accepting new members to the United Nations and approving any changes to its United Nations Charter. Its powers include the establishment of peacekeeping operations, the establishment of international sanctions, and the authorization of military action through Security Council resolutions.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 by a General Assembly resolution. Since then, the United Nations has gradually expanded human rights law to encompass specific standards for women, children, persons with disabilities, minorities and other vulnerable groups, who now possess rights that protect them from discrimination that had long been common in many societies.

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill drafted the "Declaration of United Nations" at the White House in 1941. They also incorporated suggestions of the Soviet Union in the draft. So, the US, the UK, and the Soviet Union were the nations who conceived and formed the United Nations and its functions.

The General Assembly functions as the main organ of the UN and ensures the proper functioning of its other organs. All the organs of the UN send their reports to the General Assembly for analysis, review, discussion and, if required, recommendation. All the members hold equal representation in the General Assembly and it is lead by the Secretary-General.

The General Assembly functions as the main organ of the UN and ensures the proper functioning of its other organs.  All the members hold equal representation in the General Assembly and choose its Secretary-General to lead its sessions.

Representatives of 50 countries attended an important conference in San Francisco in 1945 with the aim of discussing and finalizing the United Nations Charter. These countries then signed the UN Charter on 26 June 1945, and laid the foundation of the United Nations.

The Atlantic Charter was jointly released by the US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in August 1941. It stated their vision and policies for a world after World War II.