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Member States | United Nations Further to the communication dated 14 February 2019 from the Permanent Mission addressed to the Protocol and Liaison Service, the country name was changed to the Republic of North Macedonia (short form: North Macedonia) from the former name of The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Effective date: 14 February 2019. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/46/237 of 22 May 1992.

Introductory Note | United Nations Amendments to Articles 23, 27 and 61 of the Charter were adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 1963 and came into force on 31 August 1965. A further amendment to Article 61 was adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 1971, and came into force on 24 September 1973. An amendment to Article 109, adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 1965, came into force on 12 June 1968. The amendment to Article 23 enlarges the membership of the Security Council from eleven to fifteen. The amended Article 27 provides that decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters shall be made by an affirmative vote of nine members (formerly seven) and on all other matters by an affirmative vote of nine members (formerly seven), including the concurring votes of the five permanent members of the Security Council. The amendment to Article 61, which entered into force on 31 August 1965, enlarged the membership of the Economic and Social Council from eighteen to twenty-seven.

History of the ILO The Constitution of the ILO was drafted in early 1919 by the Labour Commission, chaired by Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labour (AFL) in the United States. It was composed of representatives from nine countries: Belgium, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Japan, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Members of the Commission on International Labour Legislation to the Paris Peace Conference. Samuel Gompers in the first row, third from the left. The process resulted in a tripartite organization, the only one of its kind, bringing together representatives of governments, employers and workers in its executive bodies. The driving forces for the ILO's creation arose from security, humanitarian, political and economic considerations. Reflecting these ideas, the Preamble of the ILO Constitution states: Early years The ILO moved to Geneva in the summer of 1920, with France's Albert Thomas as its first Director. ILO staff at the port in Portugal. Going global

History of the United Nations | United Nations 1 January 1942 || The name "United Nations" is coined The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt was first used in the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers. The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of the 50 countries. The United Nations 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 by a majority of other signatories. Preceding Years - Forerunners of the United Nations States first established international organizations to cooperate on specific matters. In 1899, the International Peace Conference was held in The Hague to elaborate instruments for settling crises peacefully, preventing wars and codifying rules of warfare.

What we do As the principal United Nations office mandated to promote and protect human rights for all, OHCHR leads global human rights efforts speaks out objectively in the face of human rights violations worldwide. We provide a forum for identifying, highlighting and developing responses to today's human rights challenges, and act as the principal focal point of human rights research, education, public information, and advocacy activities in the United Nations system. Since Governments have the primary responsibility to protect human rights, the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) provides assistance to Governments, such as expertise and technical trainings in the areas of administration of justice, legislative reform, and electoral process, to help implement international human rights standards on the ground. We also assist other entities with responsibility to protect human rights to fulfil their obligations and individuals to realize their rights. Mainstreaming human rights Partnerships

SDGs Do you know all 17 SDGs? History The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests. The SDGs build on decades of work by countries and the UN, including the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Follow DSDG on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sustdev and on Twitter at @SustDev. Implementation Progress Please, check below information about the SDG Progress Report: SDGs Icons.

Networks and Hierarchies Fritz Lang’s silent movie classic Metropolis (1927) depicts the downfall of a hierarchical megacity. Metropolis is a city of skyscrapers. At the top, in their penthouse C-suites, lives a wealthy elite led by the autocrat Joh Fredersen. Lang said the film was inspired by his first visit to New York. There is, perhaps, an even more profound question in the subtext of Lang’s film: Who wins, the hierarchy or the network? In today’s terms, the hierarchy is not a single city but the state itself, the vertically structured super-polity that evolved out of the republics and monarchies of early modern Europe. Yet both states are republics, with roughly comparable vertical structures of administration and not wholly dissimilar concentrations of power in the hands of the central government. It was not immediately obvious how big a challenge all this posed to the established state. The first of these is time. Consider some examples of history along these four axes.

Between Centralization and Fragmentation: The Club Model of Multilateral Cooperation and Problems of Democratic Legitimacy by Robert Keohane, Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Abstract Multilateral cooperation has been remarkably extensive, indeed unprecedented, in the latter half of the 20th century. After World War II, a compromise was struck in rich countries that John Ruggie has termed embedded liberalism. Increasing economic openness was made politically feasible in a democratic era through the development of the welfare state, and through a set of international regimes for finance and trade that accommodated the welfare state. Until recently, the international regimes for trade and money that made this system work were largely invisible to publics. In this paper, we consider descriptive and normative aspects of legitimacy, as it relates to international institutions, particularly to the WTO. Keywords: International Economics, Intergovernmental Relations, International Development, International Security, International Trade and Finance, Law and Legal Institutions

Five facts on what trade and technology really mean for jobs Technology and trade have driven the global economy through a period of extraordinary growth and dynamism over the past quarter of a century but at a cost of important changes and disruptions in the job markets. The 2017 edition of the World Trade Organization's World Trade Report (WTR), examines how technology and trade affect labour markets. The WTR notes that while the scale and pace of recent global economic change is unprecedented, the process is not new. Ultimately, continued economic progress hinges on the ability of economies to adjust to changes and promote greater inclusiveness. While today’s labour market problems are largely traceable to domestic policy shortcomings, a failure to find answers could have global ramifications. The WTO provides a platform, along with other relevant international organizations, where governments can discuss and negotiate cooperative solutions to the opportunities, as well as the challenges, of ongoing global economic change 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

People are angry about globalization. This chart explains why We’re a pessimistic bunch. Last year, pollsters asked people in 17 countries whether they thought the world was getting better or worse. In all but two countries – China and Indonesia – more than 50% of people said things were deteriorating. In fact, in some places, as many as 81% of people said life was better in the good old days. Which is odd given that, by most measures, we’ve never had it so good. Take literacy rates. These developments are in large part thanks to increasing global trade, openness and connectivity. The fact is, for all the evidence that suggests we’re still on an inevitable march towards progress, many people have the distinct feeling that globalization has failed to deliver on its promises – that it hasn’t worked, at least not for all. And this chart adds some weight to their argument. Along the horizontal axis, you’ll see the global population broken down by income distribution. Along the vertical axis is real income growth between 1988 and 2008.

Trade in Value Added TiVA database access | TiVA 2018 country notes The goods and services we buy are composed of inputs from various countries around the world. However, the flows of goods and services within these global production chains are not always reflected in conventional measures of international trade. The development of Trade in Value-Added (TiVA) addresses this issue by considering the value added by each country in the production of goods and services that are consumed worldwide. The indicators are expressed in USD millions at current prices, in case of values, or in percent, in case of shares. Data presented in the TiVA database provide insights into: Next TiVA release: 2020 edition The next updated version of TiVA indicators will cover the period 1995-2018 and is expected to be released at the beginning of September 2020. TiVA indicators: 2018 edition 36 unique industrial sectors are represented within a hierarchy, including aggregates for total manufactures and total services. Country notes