Secretariat United Nations. The Secretariat — an international staff working in duty stations around the world — carries out the diverse day-to-day work of the Organization. It services the other principal organs of the United Nations and administers the programmes and policies laid down by them. At its head is the Secretary-General, who is appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council for a five-year, renewable term.
The duties carried out by the Secretariat are as varied as the problems dealt with by the United Nations. These range from administering peacekeeping operations to mediating international disputes, from surveying economic and social trends and problems to preparing studies on human rights and sustainable development. The Secretariat has around 43,000 staff members around the world (source: Secretary-General's report A/67/329). The UN currently has 16 peace operations, deployed on four continents. UN Secretary-General. International Court of Justice. Audiovisual Library of International Law. International Law - Research Library. The International Law Fellowship Programme and the Regional Courses in International Law are organized by the Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs under the Programme of Assistance. They are designed to enable qualified persons, in particular mid-level government lawyers and teachers of international law from developing countries, to deepen their knowledge of international law.
The Fellowship Programme and the Regional Courses provide high-quality training by leading scholars and practitioners from different regions and legal systems on a broad range of core subjects of international law. A comprehensive set of study materials, selected by the lecturers, is prepared by the Codification Division for each course and distributed to the participants. Additionally, the participants receive a large amount of legal publications. Historic Archives. The Historic Archives aim to preserve, in a vivid and informative manner, the audiovisual heritage of the United Nations in the progressive development and codification of international law and thereby promote a better understanding of the essential role of the United Nations in the advancement of the rule of law.
The Historic Archives provide a unique multi-media resource for teaching, studying and researching significant legal instruments, on virtually every subject of international law, which have been adopted under the auspices of the United Nations and related agencies or confer a role on the Organization. Each page of the Historic Archives is devoted to a particular legal instrument. It contains a brief introduction to the instrument prepared by an eminent international law scholar or practitioner with special expertise on the subject, information on its procedural history and related documents, as well as the text and status of the instrument.
Documentation: International Court of Justice - UN Research Guides. Economic and Social Council. Economic and Social Council Documentation. Security Council. The Security Council In Brief... 15 members: five permanent members with veto power and ten non-permanent members, elected by the General Assembly for a two-year term. Meetings are called at any given time when the need arises. Rotating presidency: Members take turn at holding the presidency of the Security Council for one month. Under the Charter, the Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. It has 15 Members, and each Member has one vote. The Security Council takes the lead in determining the existence of a threat to the peace or act of aggression. The Security Council also recommends to the General Assembly the appointment of the Secretary-General and the admission of new Members to the United Nations. Latest News. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - UNICTR > Home. UN Security Council Research Guides. The Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Chapters V-VII, Articles 23-54, of the UN Charter concern the Security Council. The Security Council has 15 members: Five permanent members with veto power:ChinaFranceRussian FederationUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited States of AmericaTen non-permanent members, five of which are elected each year by the General Assembly for a two-year term.
The Security Council does not meet sessionally but stands ready to convene at any time as the need arises. The Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Security Council are contained in document S/96/Rev.7 (Sales number 83.I.4). Background information about the work of the Council can be retrieved from the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council as well as from the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs. The basic format for the symbols of Security Council documents is: General Assembly. UN Documentation General Assembly. The General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations. Chapter IV, Articles 9-22, of the UN Charter concern the General Assembly. All Member States participate in the General Assembly and each state has one vote. The General Assembly meets in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly ( A/520/Rev.17). Each year, a regular session is held. Special and emergency special sessions may also be convened.
The regular session begins on the Tuesday of the third week in September;The session is suspended in late December;The session reconvenes in February;The session concludes the day before the next session begins. Meetings of the General Assembly are announced and summarized in the Journal of the United Nations. From the 1st session (1946) through the 30th session (1975), General Assembly meetings and documents were consecutively numbered. The basic format for the symbols of General Assembly documents is: UN Trusteeship Council. Status The Trusteeship Council suspended operation on 1 November 1994, with the independence of Palau, the last remaining United Nations trust territory, on 1 October 1994. By a resolution adopted on 25 May 1994, the Council amended its rules of procedure to drop the obligation to meet annually and agreed to meet as occasion required -- by its decision or the decision of its President, or at the request of a majority of its members or the General Assembly or the Security Council.
Background In setting up an International Trusteeship System, the Charter established the Trusteeship Council as one of the main organs of the United Nations and assigned to it the task of supervising the administration of Trust Territories placed under the Trusteeship System. Major goals of the System were to promote the advancement of the inhabitants of Trust Territories and their progressive development towards self-government or independence.
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