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explain all organs of UN ? (4-5 mks)

  1. UN Security Council – It is an organ of the UN and comprises 15 members. Five are permanent members  namely; US, Russia, UK, France and China, while the other ten other members are elected by the General Assembly for two-year terms. The real power is with five permanent members.
  Functions:
  1. Responsible for maintaining peace and security among countries.
  2. If required, it can put together an international army and take action against whichever country is at fault.
  3. The permanent members, especially the US, contribute most of the money needed for the maintenance of the UN.
 
  1. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) - As the name suggests, it is a body of UN that gives loans to the  governments of is member countries. But before lending money, it checks complete whereabouts of that country by taking into account all its economic policies. It has 188 member states but all members do not have equal voting rights. The vote of each country is weighed according to the money it contributes towards the IMF
         World Bank - The World Bank is almost a similar body of the UN as that of the IMF and also has a similar system of              voting. The President of the World Bank is always a citizen of the US as it provides maximum money to maintain the                  organisation. 
  1. General Assembly – It consists of all the 193 members of the UN and provides platform for multilateral discussion of all the important international issues. It is the main policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations.  
  2. Secretariat – It carries out different administrative work of all bodies of the UN. It also provides service and support to all the UN bodies.
  3. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) – It is related to the world’s economic, social and environmental challenges. Issues related to economic and social problems are discussed and debated, and further policies are recommended.
  4. Trusteeship Council – This council was active earlier but ceased to be active since 1994. It was authorised to examine and discuss reports from the Administering Authority on the issues related to the political, economic, social and educational advancement of the peoples of Trust Territories.

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The UN has six principal organs: theGeneral Assembly(the main deliberative assembly); theSecurity Council(for deciding certain resolutions for peace and security); theEconomic and Social Council(ECOSOC) (for promoting international economic and social co-operation and development); theSecretariat(for providing studies, information, and facilities needed by the UN); theInternational Court of Justice(the primary judicial organ); and theUnited Nations Trusteeship Council(inactive since 1994).UN Systemagencies include theWorld Bank Group, theWorld Health Organization, theWorld Food Programme,UNESCO, andUNICEF. The UN's most prominent officer is theSecretary-General, an office held by South KoreanBan Ki-moonsince 2007. Non-governmental organizations may be granted consultative status with ECOSOC and other agencies to participate in the UN's work.

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1)UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL - IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING PEACE SECURITY AMONG COUNTRIES. 2)INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND OR WORLD BANK - GIVES LOANS TO GOVTS. 3)UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY - RESOLVES NON-COMPULSORY RECOMMENDATION TO STATES OR SUGGESTIONS TO THE UNSE. 4)UN SECRATERAIAT - SUPPORTS OTHER UN BODIES ADMINISTRATIVELY. 5)UN ECONOMIC SOCIAL COUNCIL - RESPONSIBLE FOR CO-OPERATION BETWEEN STATES ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FEILDS. 6)UN TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL - MANAGES COLONIAL POSSESSIONS THAT WERE ACTIVE EARLIER.IT IS IN-ACTIVE NOW.

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