Activity -Group Discussion

Activity -Group Discussion New Directions For The United Nations These are testing times for everyone. People everywhere live in growing anxiety and fear. There is near – universal loss of trust in institutions and leaders. Amid such uncertainty, our future depends on a United Nations that brings together the countries of the world not only to talk and debate, but also to agree and to act; that mobilizes civil society, business, philanthropists, and ordinary citizens to help the world governments solve current problems; and that delivers peace, development, human rights, global public good and hope to people around the world every day. Courtesy : New Directions for the UN, article by Former Secretary General of the United Nations. Topic for Group Discussion : How successful has the United Nations been? Ban Ki Moon Secretary General Implements UN Organs UNDP UNHCR UNICEF UNEP Specialz FAO UNESCO WHO WTO Peacekeeping Forces Economic and Social Council International Criminal Court International Court of Justice General Assembly members country = vote Security Council permanent members with the power of veto non-permanent members elected for -year terms Decides The Trusteeship Council became obsolete following the completion of the decolonization process which it oversaw. However, these organs constitute the basic superstructure of the UN. All organs of the UN meet regularly and members vote to make decisions, issue declarations and discuss issues that are of prime importance. Yet the functions of the organs differ significantly vis-à-vis each other. While the General Assembly is the Parliament of the UN, the Security Council is its executive committee, the secretariat is the operational body or the bureaucracy that runs the UN.