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THE UNITED NATIONS
ALL THE BASICS AND NOTHING BUT THE BASICS…
THE UNITED NATIONS: THE ORGANS AND FUNCTIONS
PURPOSE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
(ICJ)SECURITY COUNCIL
SECRETARIAT DILEMMAS
PURPOSE OF THE U.N.1) REAFFIRM _______________________
__________________________________2) CREATE CONDITIONS FOR INT’L LAW TO BE
RESPECTED3) _____________________________________________
_______________________4) PRACTICE TOLERANCE5) MAINTAIN INT’L _____________ &
________________________6) USE FORCE AS A LAST RESORT7) PROMOTE _______________ AND _____________
ADVANCEMENT FOR ALL
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
CONSIDER & MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON BASIC PRINCIPLES
______________________________________________________________________
APPROVE THE BUDGET APPROVE NON-PERMANENT
MEMBERS OF MAIN ORGANS & ___________________________________
GENERAL ASSEMBLY CON’T
EVERYONE’S A MEMBER!!!!!! ___________________________________
_________ (INCLUDING EAST TIMOR & SWITZERLAND; MONTENEGRO)
CAN’T FORCE DECISIONS ON A MEMBER; RATHER DECISIONS SERVE AS ________________________________ ___________________________________
DILEMMAS: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INCREASE AUTHORITY?
MORE STRUCTURED AGENDA?
SHOULD PALAU HAVE SAME SAY AS THE UNITED STATES? If not, how should the structure work?
SECURITY COUNCIL
PROBABLY THE MOST VISIBLE AND CONTROVERSIAL DUE TO SUBJECT MATTER
_________ MEMBERS; ___________ PERMANENT & __________ ROTATING– ______________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
– 5 POWERS FROM END OF WWII
MORE SECURITY COUNCIL
DECISIONS ARE BY MAJORITY UNLESS ___________________________
5 PERMANENT MEMBERS HAVE VETO DEALS WITH ISSUES OF ____________
___________________________________ ONLY GROUP ABLE TO AUTHORIZE
THE USE OF FORCE _________________ ___________________________________
DILEMMAS:SECURITY COUNCIL
1) STRUCTURE+ SHOULD THERE BE PERMANENT MEMBERS?
+ SHOULD THEY HAVE A FIXED BUDGET?
+ SHOULD THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP BE EXPANDED?
+ DOES THERE NEED TO BE A GREATER EMPHASIS ON ENFORCEMENT?
INT’L COURT OF JUSTICE
THIS IS THE PRIMARY INTERNATIONAL COURT
A.K.A. _____________________________ 15 JUSTICES, ELECTED BY G.A. STATE NEED NOT PARTICIPATE IN
THE PROCESS ___________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
SECRETARIAT
________________________________________________
SERVE AS FIGURE HEAD & VISIONARY
HAS STAFF OF 8,900 PEOPLE FROM 170 COUNTRIES
MORE SECRETARIAT…
FUNDING THE U.N. IS DONE THROUGH “_______________________”
BASED ON ________________________ ___________________________________
15 COUNTRIES FUND APPROX. 85% OF THE CURRENT BUDGET– Is this a good system of funding?
WHY SAVE THE U.N.?
1) IT STILL PROVIDES _______________ ____________________________________________________________________
2) HELPS MAINTAIN THE ANARCHICAL INT’L LAW SYSTEM
3) ABLE TO BE A MEDIUM FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP - ________________________ _______________________________________
4) COMMON GOALS: PEACE; _____________; SPREAD DEMOCRACY; ________________ ________________; “GOOD” GOVERNANCE