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| rowclass1 = mergedrow| label1 = [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: | data1 = {{lang|ar|منظمة الأمم المتحدة|rtl=yes}}
| rowclass2 = mergedrow| label2 = [[Chinese language|Chinese]]: | data2 = {{lang|zh|联合国组织}}
| rowclass3 = mergedrow| label3 = [[French language|French]]: | data3 = {{lang|fr|Organisation des Nations unies|italic=unset}}
| rowclass4 = mergedrow| label4 = [[Russian language|Russian]]: | data4 = {{nowrap|{{lang|ru|Организация Объединённых Наций}}}}
| rowclass5 = mergedrow| label5 = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: | data5 = {{nowrap|{{lang|es|Organización de las Naciones Unidas|italic=unset}}}}}}}}
|linking_name = the United Nations
|image_flag = Flag of the United Nations.svg
|symbol_type = [[Emblem of the United Nations|Emblem]]
|image_symbol = Emblem of the United Nations.svg
|org_type = [[Intergovernmental organization]]
|membership = [[Member states of the United Nations|193 member states]]<br />[[United Nations General Assembly observers|2 observer states]]
|admin_center_type = [[Headquarters of the United Nations|Headquarters]]
|admin_center = [[New York City]] {{small|([[Extraterritoriality|international territory]])}}
|languages_type = [[Official languages of the United Nations|Official languages]]
|languages = {{hlist|[[Arabic language|Arabic]]|[[Standard Chinese|Chinese]]|[[English language|English]]|[[French language|French]]|[[Russian language|Russian]]|[[Spanish language|Spanish]]<ref>[https://www.un.org/en/sections/about-un/official-languages/index.html Official Languages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712155312/http://www.un.org/en/sections/about-un/official-languages/index.html |date=12 July 2015 }}, www.un.org. Retrieved 22 May 2015.</ref>}}
|leader_title1 = [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary‑General]]
|leader_name1 = [[António Guterres]]
|leader_title2 = [[Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations|Deputy Secretary-General]]
|leader_name2 = [[Amina J. Mohammed]]
|leader_title3 = [[President of the United Nations General Assembly|General Assembly President]]
|leader_name3 = [[Volkan Bozkır]]
|leader_title4 = [[President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council|Economic and Social Council President]]
|leader_name4 = [[Mona Juul]]
|leader_title5 = [[President of the United Nations Security Council|Security Council President]]
|leader_name5 = [[Dang Dinh Quy]]
|established_event1 = [[Charter of the United Nations|UN Charter]] signed
|established_date1 = {{Start date and age|1945|06|26|df=yes|p=y}}
|established_event2 = Charter entered into force
|established_date2 = {{Start date and age|1945|10|24|df=yes|p=y}}
|official_website = [https://www.un.org/ UN.org] <br /> [https://www.un.int/ UN.int]
|FR_total_population_estimate = 7,403,020,000
|FR_total_population_estimate_year = 2016
}}
The '''United Nations''' ('''UN''') is an organization between [[countries]] established on 24 October 1945 to promote international [[cooperation]]. It was founded to replace the [[League of Nations]] following [[World War II]] and to prevent another conflict. When it was founded, the UN had 51 Member States; there are now 193. Most [[nation]]s are members of the UN and send [[Diplomacy|diplomats]] to the headquarters to hold meetings and make decisions about [[global]] issues.

The goals of the United Nations are:
* To keep [[world peace]].
* To help countries get along.
* To [[right to an adequate standard of living|improve living conditions]] for people all over the world.
* And to make the world a better place.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/unintro/unintro2.htm |title=Introduction to the United Nations |publisher=United Nations |year=2011 [last update] |accessdate=April 7, 2011 |archive-date=April 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410094048/http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/unintro/unintro2.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== History ==
After [[World War I]], the nations of the world formed the League of Nations. This organization was a place where nations could talk through their differences calmly. However, some countries like [[Germany]], [[Italy]] and [[Japan]] ignored the League and tried to solve their problems through war. Members of the League of Nations did not want to go to war to protect other members and the League failed. A Second World War soon started.

The [[Allies of World War II]] often called themselves "the United Nations" (united against the [[Axis Powers]]). After the War, the winners formed a new organization for world peace. On 25th April 1945 in [[San Francisco]], they decided on the name '"United Nations". In June they signed the United Nations Charter saying how the organization would work. The UN was created on 24 October 1945 and its first meeting was held in January 1946. Since 1947 the 24th of October has been called “United Nations Day”. The only country whose flag is modelled after the United Nations is [[Somalia]].<ref>Tittemore, Brian D. "Belligerents in blue helmets: applying international humanitarian law to United Nations peace operations." Stan. J. Int'l L. 33 (1997): 61.</ref>

== Headquarters ==
All of the organs of the United Nations are based in [[New York City]], [[United States]], except for the [[International Court of Justice]], which is in [[The Hague]], in the [[Netherlands]].

==Activity==
The main building for the United Nations is in [[New York City]] in the [[United States|United States of America]], but the UN also has important offices in [[Geneva]] ([[Switzerland]]), [[Nairobi]] ([[Kenya]]) and [[Vienna]] ([[Austria]]). The UN tries to be peaceful, but sometimes when talks do not work the UN, unlike the League of Nations, will fight too. In the 1950s the UN helped [[Korean War|South Korea in a war against North Korea]], and in the 1990s the UN helped to force [[Gulf War|Iraqi soldiers out of Kuwait]]. At other times, the UN has formed 'peacekeeping' forces. UN peacekeepers travel to troubled places in the world and try - sometimes successfully, sometimes not - to keep the peace. Today there are UN peacekeepers working in [[Afghanistan]], [[Cyprus]], [[Haiti]], [[Liberia]] and several other countries.
Through a series of goals, resolutions and declarations adopted by member nations of the United Nations, the world has a set of commitments, actions and goals to stop and reverse the spread of HIV and scale up towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services.

== Divisions ==
The United Nations has six "principal organs":

<div style="padding-top:15px; padding-bottom:15px; text-align:center">'''Principal organs of the United Nations''' <ref>[[:wikisource:Charter of the United Nations|Charter of the United Nations]] - [[:wikisource:Charter_of_the_United_Nations#Chapter_III_-_Organs|Chapter III]] (''Organs'')</ref></div>
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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="background:#E0E0E0; width:100%"
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| width=34% style="padding-left:15px; padding-top:10px" | '''[[United Nations General Assembly|UN General Assembly]]'''<br/>- Deliberative assembly of all [[Member states of the United Nations|U.N. member states]] (each country has one vote) -
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| width="34%" style="padding-left:15px; padding-top:10px" | '''[[United Nations Secretariat|UN Secretariat]]'''<br/>- Administrative organ of the U.N. - its chairman is the [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|UN Secretary General]] -
| rowspan="7" style="background:white" |
| width=34% style="padding-left:15px; padding-top:10px" | '''[[International Court of Justice]]'''<br/>- Universal [[court]] for [[international law]] (based in [[The Hague]]) -
|- style="text-align: center"
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[[File:UN General Assembly hall.jpg|260px|UN General Assembly hall]]</div></div></div>
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[[File:UN HQ 157652121 5b5979da9e2.jpg|260px|Headquarters of the UN in New York City]]</div></div></div>
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[[File:International Court of Justice.jpg|260px|International Court of Justice]]</div></div></div>
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* may resolve non-compulsory recommendations to states, or suggestions to the [[United Nations Security Council|U.N.S.C]]. (not a [[Parliament]])
* decides on the admission of new members, on proposal of the U.N.S.C.
* adopts the budget
* elects the non-permanent members of the U.N.S.C., all members of Economic and Social Council, on the proposal of the U.N.S.C. the [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|U.N. Secretary General]], and the 15 judges of the [[International Court of Justice|I.C.J]].
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* supports the other U.N. bodies administratively, e.g. in the organization of conferences, writing reports and studies, and the preparation of the budget-plan
* its chairman - the [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|U.N. Secretary General]] - is elected by the [[United Nations General Assembly|U.N. General Assembly]] for a five-year mandate and is the most important representative of the U.N.
* beside its headquarters in [[New York City]] it has three main offices in [[Geneva]], [[Nairobi]] and [[Vienna]]
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* decides [[dispute]]s between states that recognize its jurisdiction and creates legal opinions
* the 15 judges are elected by the U.N. General Assembly for nine years. It renders judgement with relative majority
* parties on the I.C.J. can only be countries, however no [[international organization]]s and other subjects of international law (not to be confused with the [[International Criminal Court|I.C.C]].)
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| style="padding-left:15px; padding-top:10px" | '''[[United Nations Security Council|U.N. Security Council]]'''<br/>- For international security issues -
| style="padding-left:15px; padding-top:10px" | '''[[United Nations Economic and Social Council|U.N. Economic and Social Council]]'''<br/>- For global economical and social affairs -
| style="padding-left:15px; padding-top:10px" | '''[[United Nations Trusteeship Council|U.N. Trusteeship Council]]'''<br/>- Was administering trust territories (currently not active) -
|- style="text-align: center"
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[[File:UN security council 2005.jpg|260px|UN security council]]</div></div></div>
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[[File:United Nations Economic and Social Council.jpg|260px|UN Economic and Social Council]]</div></div></div>
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[[File:United Nations Trusteeship Council chamber in New York City 2.JPG|260px|UN Trusteeship Council]]</div></div></div>
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* responsible for the maintenance of [[world peace|international peace]] and security
* the most powerful organ of the U.N., as it may adopt compulsory resolutions
* its decisions include peacekeeping- and peace enforcement-missions, as well as non-military pressure mediums, such as trade [[embargo]]s
* has 15 members: five permanent members with [[veto]] power ([[China]], [[Russia]], [[France]], the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[United States]]), and ten elected members
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* responsible for cooperation on economic and social fields (raising the general [[standard of living]], solve economic, social and health problems, promotion of [[human rights]], culture, education, and [[humanitarian aid]])
* therefore it has established numerous functional and regional commissions
* also coordinates the cooperation with the numerous specialized agencies of the United Nations
* has 54 members, who are elected by the [[United Nations General Assembly|U.N. General Assembly]] to serve staggered three-year mandates
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* was originally designed to manage colonial possessions that were earlier [[League of Nations]] mandates
* is inactive since 1994, with the last trust territory ([[Namibia]]) attaining independence in 1990
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Additionally there are so-called "special agencies of the United Nations". Some are older than the United Nations. Here are a few of them:
* The [[United Nations Children's Fund]] (UNICEF)
* The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO)
* The [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (FAO)
* The [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO)
* The [[International Labour Organization]] (ILO)
* The [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF)
* The [[United Nations Environment Programme]] (UNEP)
* The [[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP)

==Related pages==
* [[Members of the United Nations]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

'''Notes'''
{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

==Other websites==
*[http://www.un.org U.N. website]
*[http://www.unfoundation.org U.N. Foundation website]

{{Official UN languages}}
{{Nobel Peace Prize}}
{{authority control}}

[[Category:United Nations| ]]
[[Category:1945 establishments]]

United Nations - Revision history

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