The United Nations and the Legacy of

the WWII
By: Shamar Ellis & Makhi Miles
Term 4 Project
Background
After World War two the UN was formed.
The United Nations replaced the failing organization the
League of Nations. It started to fail during the start of WWII.
The UN was created to prevent another conflict.
Purpose/Mission
We the people of the United Nations make it our
responsibility to save the succeeding generations from the
terror and outcome of war, which has brought sorrow to
mankind twice, however give rights back to humans, to both
men, women and all nations big and small, and create
conditions under justice and respect for the obligations
upcoming from treaties and any other international law can be
maintained, and to promote progress in social and better
standards in life in more freedom.
Leadership and Membership
Ban ki-moon is the eighth and current Secretary-General of
the UN.
There are presently 192 countries that are members of the
UN.
The UN headquarters is an 18-acre site located on the East
side of Manhattan.
General Assembly
A general assembly is when all members of the UN debate.
All 193 members of the UN are in the General Assembly.
Each member of the General Assembly are given one vote.
It depends on whether you are talking about the Security
Council, the Secretariat, the General Assembly, specialized
agencies, however I think they make their decisions through
voting.
Security Council
The Security Council of the UN maintains international peace
and security in accordance with the principles of the United
Nations.
There are 15 members in the United Nations
The United Nations Security Council has 5 permanent
members
International Court of Justice
The (ICJ) is located at the Hague Netherlands.
The court entertains two types of cases: legal disputes
between states (contentious cases), and requests for advisory
opinions on legal questions (advisory proceedings).

World Health Organization
The (WHO) is located in Geneva, Switzerland
The (WHO) coordinates international health activities, it also
helps governments improve health services. It supports the
distribution of safe and effective pharmaceutical tools to its
members.
UNICEF
(UNICEF) stands for United Nations International Childrens
Emergency Fund.
(UNICEF) was created by the UN to provide emergency food
and health care to children in countries that have been
through WWII.
The (UNICEF) provide care for the children that were
devastated by WWII.
Summary
During this assignment we learned about the United Nations
and what they stand for. We also learned about the General
Assembly and why they have this type of meeting. However,
what we learned most about is the (ICJ), the (WHO) and the
(UNICEF) because we really weren't familiar with these
organizations.
Work Cities
wiki.answers.com
un.org
answers.yahoo.com
icj-cij.org
ask.com
unicef.com