The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA/GA) is one of the five principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation. Its powers are to oversee the budget of the United Nations‚ appoint the non-permanent members to the Security Council‚ receive reports from other parts of the United Nations and make recommendations in the form of General Assembly Resolutions.[1] It has also established a wide number of subsidiary organs.[2] The General Assembly
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agencies of the United Nations Specialized agencies are autonomous organizations working with the UN and each other through the coordinating machinery of the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the intergovernmental level‚ and through the Chief Executives Board for coordination (CEB) at the inter-secretariat level. Specialized agencies may or may not have been originally created by the United Nations‚ but they are incorporated into the United Nations System by the United Nations Economic and
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The United Nations’ (UN) International Literacy Day annually falls on September 8 to raise people’s awareness of and concern for literacy issues in the world. UNESCO’s banners for the event feature the words “Literacy is the best remedy Literacy is a fundamental human right and the foundation for lifelong learning. It is fully essential to social and human development in its ability to transform lives. For individuals‚ families‚ and societies alike‚ it is an instrument of empowerment to improve
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“The United States was the phoenix that arose out of the destruction of the Iroquois.” This statement may seem strange as the Iroquois League‚ or Iroquois Confederacy as it later became known in 1722 with the addition of the Tuscarora‚ was one the most dominate Indian presences in North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. It originally consisted of the Five Nations of the Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ Cayuga and Seneca. The confederacy referred to themselves as the Haudenosaunee‚ or the People
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bring peace throughout the nations‚ something that would ensure that they would never have reason to fight again‚ at least not nearly as bad as the Great War had been. President Woodrow Wilson was a strong supporter of a peace between all continents‚ even constructing a 14 Point Plan that would focus on bringing peace to the world. As a result‚ when the League of Nations came into being‚ he fully supported the Treaty of Versailles‚ which would not only induct the United States into the League‚ but
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UNITED NATION ORGANISATION 1. The United Nations Organisation was formed on 24 Oct 1945 after the II World War. The main aim of this organization was to avoid III World War and to provide a platform for dialogues. It is an international organization which looks after rights‚ economic developments‚ social progress‚ disarmament and achieving world peace. 2. The world United Nations was given by Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt in 1942. The organization runs with six languages i.e
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The United Nations appeared in 1945‚ after the annihilation of the Second World War‚ with one focal mission: the support of global peace and security. The UN does this by attempting to counteract struggle; helping parties in strife make peace; peacekeeping; and making the conditions to enable peace to hold and thrive. These exercises regularly cover and ought to strengthen each other‚ to be viable. The UN Security Council has the essential duty regarding global peace and security. The General Assembly
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Regardless of the United States endorsement of the United Nations Resolution 181‚ their official position was of neutrality. Furthermore a US citizen providing material aid to the newly formed Jewish State was considered an act of treason. When the United States turned a blind eye‚ and even threatened to prosecute anyone who followed their moral compass by providing aid‚ by all accounts should have doomed the country whose very right to exist has become one of the greatest international relations
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Peace | | The General Assembly‚ Recalling the Charter of the United Nations including the purposes and principles contained therein‚ Recalling the constitution of the UNESCO which states that ’since wars begin in the minds of men‚ it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed’‚ Recalling also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international instruments of the United Nations system‚ Recognizing that peace is not only the absence of conflict
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1United Nations Effect of the Sudan Crisis The Sudan is the largest country in Africa and it is split up into three separate parts; North Sudan‚ South Sudan‚ and West Sudan (Darfur). Throughout its history there have been two predominant ethnic groups in the Sudan; Africans and Arabs1. There has always been much tension between these two ethnic groups due to their history. Since its independence from Britain and Africa in 1956‚ the country has been under Arab rule2. In 2002 African rebels in
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