UN Structure

UN Structure

• The United Nations is broken into SIX main committees
  
  • (See Example G)
    
  • 1.) General Assembly
    
    • This is where most of the deliberating happens. Every nation is represented & it is broken into these main committees.
      
      • Disarmament – Disarmament and International Security
        
      • ECOFIN – Economic and Finance
        
      • SCH – Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian
        
      • SPD –
        
      • Admin&B - Administration and Budgetary
        
      • Legal –
        

        
         

  • 2.) Security Council
    
    • A special committee whose job is to keep peace & security.
      
      • This committee has two groups; The Big 5 and Rotating 10
        
        • The Big Five – These five countries are permanent members of the UN Security Council and have "veto power," meaning they can stop anything the Security Council wants to pass, even if it is 14-1.
          
          • The United States of America
            
          • The Russian Federation
            
          • The People's Republic of China
            
          • The United Kingdom
            
          • France
            
        • The Rotating Ten - right now they include…
          
          • Austria, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Croatia, Japan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya), Mexico, Turkey, Uganda & Vietnam
            
      • The Security Council, like the General Assembly, is then broken down into subsidiary bodies which can be …
        
        • committees
          
        • tribunals
          
        • peacekeeping operations
          
  • 3.) Economic and Social Council
    
    • The ECOSC is made up of 54 countries which are elected by the General Assembly for three year terms.
      
    • It researches and reports ways to improve international economic, social, educational, and health programs.
      
    • After creating a plan, they send it to the General Assembly for a vote.
      
      • On matters of social development, they create plans in functional commissions which include…
        
        • Human Rights Commission
          
        • Narcotics
          
        • Crime Prevention
          
        • Criminal Justice
          
        • Science and Technology
          
        • Sustainable Development
          
        • Women
          
        • Population and Development
          
        • Social Development
          
        • Statistical
          
      • On matters of economic development, they create plans in functional commissions which include…
        
        • ILO – International Labor organization
          
        • FAO – Food and Agricultural Organization
          
        • WHO – World Health Organization
          
        • UNESCO – United Nations Economic and Security Council Org.
          
        • World Bank Organizations
          
          • There are many, see Example A and internet
            

      
       

  • 4.) International Court of Justice –
    
    • This is the judicial branch of the Model UN.
      
    • Once a country becomes part of the UN, it must follow the laws set by the International Court of Justice.
      
      • Sometimes, people will be put on trial for "War Crimes" or "Crimes Against Humanity." They are tried here.
        

      
       

  • 5.) The Secretariat
    
    • The Secretariat does not pass any laws.
      
      • It is the office that implements everything that is passed by the other bodies of the UN.
        
      • The only time it becomes important is when a nation refuses to do something the Secretariat tells it to do.
        

        
         

  • 6.) The Trusteeship
    
    • The trusteeship was designed in 1945 in order to help certain regions of the world achieve self-government. In 1994, all of those regions achieved self-government and it has since stopped having committee
      

NOTE: Once the UN decides a committee is not needed it is a good thing! It means we have solved a problem!