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Contents The General Assembly
The Security Council
The Economic and Social Council
The Trusteeship Council
The International Court of Justice
The Secretariat
The General Assembly
Sam Kutesa of
Uganda has been
appointed the
President of The
General Assembly
on 11th June 2014.
The Headquarters
of General
Assembly is in
New York.
Function:
The General Assembly
controls much of UN’s
work and discusses about
international affairs.
It discusses any question
that is brought to it and
can make
recommendations to the
member states and also to
the Security Council.
The Security Council
The Presidency of the security council is held
by each member for one month duration. This
turn is given in the English alphabetical order
of the member states name. The following
table shows the presidency of security
council in 2014.
Month Presidency End of Membership Term
January Jordan 31 December 2015
February Lithuania 31 December 2015
March Luxembourg 31 December 2014
April Nigeria 31 December 2015
May Republic of Korea 31 December 2014
June Russian Federation Permanent Member
July Rwanda 31 December 2014
Presidency of security council for
2014
Month Presidency End of membership
term
August United Kingdom Permanent Member
September United States Permanent Member
October Argentina 31 December 2014
November Australia 31 December 2014
December Chad 31 December 2015
Source: Internet
Function:
The main function of The Security Council is
to maintain international peace and security.
This body takes the responsibility of sending
peacekeeping missions to the troubled
areas in order to restore peace.
The Economic and Social
Council
Martin Sajdik of Austria is the current
head of the Economic and Social
Council.
Functions:
This council coordinates the economic,
social and related work of UN and it’s
agencies.
The council takes direct actions in promoting
economic growth and other social
developments in developing countries.
The Trusteeship Council
Alexis Lamek of France is the current President
of the Trusteeship Council.
Functions:
This body was established to advance the
dependent territories and to make and help
them attain self-governance.
The work of the council is finished but it
meets when it is required because it is still in
the UN Charter.
The International Court of
Justice
Judge Peter
Tomka of Slovakia
is the current head
of the
International Court
of Justice.
The Headquarters
if International
Court of Justice is
in Hague,
Netherlands.
Functions :
It is the judicial organ of the UN.
To settle legal disputes between states.
To give advisory opinions to UN and it’s
specialized agencies.
The Secretariat
Ban Ki-Moon of Republic of Korea is the
current Secretary-General of the UN.
Functions:
This body administers the peacekeeping
operations, surveying economic and social
trends and etc.
It can also bring attention of The Security
Council about any matter that it thinks can
threaten international peace and security.
The Secretary-General can himself take
initiative to deal with special problems.
Other Information
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The Pictures and information are from internet and reference books.
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