How is the United Nations Organized?

Question

I really need to know for a well-developed essay and all the places i looked for the answer confused me!! please explain so that a 14 year old with a C average can understand!! Thanx much people!!!

Answer 1

I think I know why you got confused by your sources on the UN, because it’s not well organized. I was thinking of a group contains 50 kids, 3 to 12 year old, and they will spend a week together to understand how the UN organized. How this group elects its leader and decides what they will do as a group. It’s not that easy, is it? Kid A might want to have ice cream, B wants to have chocolate, C wants to go biking, etc. Yet, there are 5 big kids who have privilege, called veto. It’s confusing knowing that the UN claims they promote democracy but they maintain this veto thing.

Then, if you want to know about the UN agencies (like UNICEF, UNDP, etc), think of some kids who regroup to get ice cream, they who regroup for chocolate, etc. The big group is funded by country contribution fee (the US hasn’t paid, but you might need to update this information), so each sub group that has different interest sometime needs additional fund. Therefore there are potential conflicts among UN agencies, even within one agency, to get funded. Remember also the analogy of 50 kids spending a week together. Phew…

One of the UN mandates is working with government. So they work more on this level, unlike other Non Profit Organization, such as Oxfam, Plan, Caritas, IMC, etc who work mostly with communities.

Sorry, but I have no idea how to manage 50 kids for a week. Maybe that’s why some people jokingly say United Nothing for the UN.

Answer 2

Your question is how the UN is organized. I think this will help you. I have included some other links that may help you with your essay... Hope this works.

THE UNITED NATIONS: ORGANIZATION

In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter. The Organization officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and a majority of other signatories. United Nations Day is celebrated on 24 October.

Charter

The Charter is the constituting instrument of the United Nations, setting out the rights and obligations of Member States, and establishing the Organization's organs and procedures.

Purposes

The purposes of the United Nations, as set forth in the Charter, are to maintain international peace and security; to develop friendly relations among nations; to cooperate in solving international economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems and in promoting respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms; and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in attaining these ends.

Structure

The six principal organs of the United Nations, are the: General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice and Secretariat. The United Nations family, however, is much larger, encompassing 15 agencies and several programmes and bodies.

Budget

The budget for the two years 2000-2001 is $2,535 million. The main source of funds is the contributions of Member States, which are assessed on a scale approved by the General Assembly.

The fundamental criterion on which the scale of assessments is based is the capacity of countries to pay. This is determined by considering their relative shares of total gross national product, adjusted to take into account a number of factors, including their per capita incomes.
In addition, countries are assessed -- in accordance with a modified version of the basic scale -- for the costs of peacekeeping operations, which stood at around $2 billion in 2000.

The United Nations family

The United Nations family of organizations is made up of the United Nations Secretariat, the United Nations programmes and funds -- such as the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) -- and the specialized agencies. The programmes, funds and agencies have their own governing bodies and budgets, and set their own standards and guidelines. Together, they provide technical assistance and other forms of practical help in virtually all areas of economic and social endeavour.

Answer 3

United Nations is organized in order to promote cooperation between countries so that there will be peace. Disputes will be settled amicably by filing the cases in the International Court of Justice.

Answer 4

Go to www.un.org and search departments. there is a permanent Security Council that votes as well as the General Assembly of countries.There are economic, child welfare, aviation, legal and all sorts of areas to write about. It is the ONLY organization we have to get along globally and while not perfect, we need to make it work. good for you for wanting to do a good job on y our paper. If you can rent
'The Interpreter' with Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn you can see sort of how it works and how the interpreters for all languages simultaneously interpret the different languages.( although the film has another plot)
Best wishes

Answer 5

Organized...who said it was?
The web has plenty of info on the UN. Lets your fingers be your guide......

Answer 6

It is organized like my sock drawer.

Answer 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXNbhh2R6uc

Answer 8

duh... it's made up of nations.