Sunday, March 10, 2019

The United Nations Organization Major Achievements of the United Nations

United Nations Organization. 


   The United Nations Organization, an international organization was established in 1945 . During the second world War (in 1941) the American president F. D. Roosevelt and the British prime Minister Winston Churchill met on a battle ship and concluded the Atlantic charter.  This charter was discussed in various conferences .

   It was finally discovered in the San Francisco conference of 1045. The UN Harter was signed at San Francisco on 26th June 1945 . As the result UNO came into persent UNO came into existence on 24th October 1945. At present UNO has 193 members with head quarters at New York

Main Objective

   To maintain international peace and security

    To develop friendly relations among nations

    To settle international disputes by peaceful means

    To be a centre for helping nations to achieve these goals.

    Organs of the UNO

    The UNO has six major organs . They are ,

1.The General Assembly.
2.Tne Security Council.
3.The Economic and Social Council.
4.Trusteehip Council.
5.The International Court of Justice.
6.The Secretariat.

Specialized Agencies 

    The specialized agencies of the UNO are meny . A few are mentioned below .

1.The World Health Organization (WHO)
2.The United Nations Educational, Scientific and cultural Organizations (UNESCO)
3.The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
4. The International Labour Organisations (ILO)
5.Food and Agricultural Organisations (FAO)
6.International Monetary Fund (IMF)
7.International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
    The Organization develop the economic and social aspects of the member countries.

Major Achievements of the United Nations 

    *  UNO has rendered a great service in establishing peace and security by solving various problems generally political disputes by International Court of Justice and others by special agencies .

    *  The UNO has solved many international disputes and preserves peace in the world through peaceful negotiations .

    *  It settled disputes between Israel and Palestine, Iran and Iraq withdrawal of soviet troops from Afghanistan .

   *  It has signed NTBT(Nuclear Test Ban Treaty)  in 1963 and CTBT) Compre
hensive Test Ban Trrsty I. Treaty in 1996.

   *  At the UN Conferences on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 , all countries adopted "Agenda 21" -
a blueprint to promote sustainable development or the concept of economic growth while protecting natural resources .

   *  The UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) have supported programs and projects to improve the quality of life for women in over 100 countries.

   *  The UNO played a vital role in the Suez canal crisis of 1956 . It made France, Britain and Israel to withdraw troops from Egypt. The UNO also settled the Korea

50th Anniversary Celebration 

   In 1995 the United Nations celebrated its 50th Anniversary of service to the global community. An overall theme of the celebration, "We The people of the United Nations. United for a Better World," was endorsed by the General Assembly in October 1993. In November 1995 the UN flag was carried into outer space by the astronauts of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, to salute United Nations work for the world peace.

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