United Nations

The UN objectives

At its establishment time, the organisation had the following main objectives:

• the prevention of future global conflicts (especially those involving nuclear weapons);
• the human rights protection around the world;
• preventing genocide;
• monitoring civil liberties violations in member countries;
• reducing the nuclear weapons number.

At the end of the 20th, the UN adopted additional declarations concerning children's rights, environmental protection, etc.

The organisation contemporary purposes list has remained virtually unchanged since the early 2000s. However, at the previous century's end, the UN functions diminished due to the trusteeship territories elimination (the Axis countries former colonies or the German Empire).

The objectives remain the same: preserving peace in a global sense (by diplomatic and economic means), monitoring human rights violations, combating nuclear weapons, and poverty and migration problems.

The structure of the United Nations

The UN is made 6 bodies up, each with its own mandate:

• The General Assembly;
• The Security Council;
• The Economic and Social Council;
• The Trustees Board (its functions have been reassigned to the environmental area);
• The UN International Justice Court;
• The UN Secretariat.

The UN Charter

The Charter main provisions are as follows:

• Member countries recognise each other as equals;
• Member countries do not settle their disputes militarily;
• The UN does not interfere in the State's internal affairs;
• Participating countries pledge not to use or threaten to use force in international relations.