UN

Question 1

how many members

Answer 1

193

Question 2

general assembly aim

Answer 2

to discuss and debate issues of peace and security

Question 3

security council

Answer 3

• security council consists of 15 members, 5 permanent
  -solves threats to peace by having each member vote
  -can deliver economic sanctions and other means to resolve issues

Question 4

International
Court of Justice

Answer 4

-settles legal disputes and international law breaks that are submitted by member states
-The aim of the
court is to maintain peace between states, and to offer legal advice.

Question 5

UNESCO: Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

Answer 5

-aim to maintain peace through education, science, and culture.
-UNESCO’s main aim is to stand up for the freedom expression

Question 6

Peacekeeping UN

Answer 6

-aims to bring peace to places of disruption and post-conflict
-UN’s peacekeeping forces are sent into areas of instability, with the aim to restore stability and order

Question 7

United Nations

Answer 7

first post-war IGO to be established, with the overall aim to maintain international peace and security

Question 8

why has the Peacekeeping UN had major critisims

Answer 8

-crimes against vulnerable citizens
-being inactive in the DR of congo in 2014 where peace keepers failed to provide assisstance in Mavivi after attacks and failed to respond to repeated calls for help
-UNs kosvo mission allegedly had many crimes involving 70 murders, 100 of theft, 800 counts of sexual assult

Question 9

UN critisms

Answer 9

-In 2013, Saudi Arabia was elected as a member of the UN Human Rights Council, a body that elects states who uphold the highest standards of human rights. It was later found that the UK had influence on this decision through secret voting trade deals, which eventually allowed Saudi Arabia (a country generally known for its poor human rights) to be elected.
-UN critisised for not preventing the 1971 bangladesh genocide
-accused of being inactive in many cases where aid or intervention is desperatly needed. some say the un have the inability to prevent conflicts
-Peacekeeping UN has major critisims

Question 10

what organisations have been created to monitor the effectiveness of UN

Answer 10

UN watch (helped discover UK and Saudi Arabia deal)

Question 11

Un successes

Answer 11

-UN sanctions have allwed inequalities and injustices to be resolves
-UN punishes countries that do not abide by internationsl laws such as imposing several sanctions on iran to deter irans use of nuclear enrichments and reprocessing
-promotes economic, social and environmental growth through the creation of international treaties and goals

Question 12

give 3 purposes of the UN

Answer 12

maintain international peace
manage global commons
promote sustainable development

Question 13

give 3 mechanisms on how the UN operates

Answer 13

treatys and agreements
funding + aid programmes
peacekeeping operations

Question 14

give an example of an agreement formed by the UN

Answer 14

Paris agreement 2015