b. Purposes and Principles
The purposes of the United Nations as written in the chapter are as follows.
1 to maintain international peace and security;
2 to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for
the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples; 3
to cooperate in solving international economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems and in promoting respect for human
rights and fundamental freedoms; 4
to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in attaining these common ends.
In turn, the United Nations acts in accordance with the following principles.
1 It is based on the sovereign equality of all its members.
2 All members are to fulfil in good faith their Charter obligations.
3 They are to settle their international disputes by peaceful means
and without endangering international peace and security and justice.
4 They are to refrain from the threat or use of force against any
other state.
c. Membership and Structure
Membership of the UN is open to all peace-loving nations that accept the terms and condition in the Charter. Any nation which
wants to become members should get the recommendation from the Security Council to be admitted by the General Assembly. The
official languages are Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish and Arabic. The UN consists of six principal organs which are
explained below. 1
The General Assembly The General Assembly is the organ of the UN which consists of
representatives of all member states, each of which has one vote. Some of their jobs are to consider and to make recommendations
on the principles of cooperation in the maintenance of international peace and security, to elect the non-permanent
members of the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and additional members of the Trusteeship Council
when necessary and to elect, together with the Security Council, the judges of the ICJ and lastly, on the recommendation
of the Security Council, to appoint the Secretary General. 2
The Security Council The United Nations Security Council UNSC is the peace
and security keeper of UN. It consists of 15 members 5 permanent and 10 non-permanent members. The P5 5
permanent members is UK, USA, France, Republic of China, and the Russian Federation. The P5 is granted with the veto right
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