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When was the UN founded?
October 24, 1945
How does a country become a member of the UN?
Has the UN ever stopped a war or crisis? Name 1
Yes
1) Crises: Berlin Crisis (1948-49), Cuban Missile Crisis (1962),Middle East Crisis (1973)
2) Wars: Congo (1964), Iran & Iraq (1988), El Salvador (1992), Guatemala (1996)
When were the Millennium Development goals first created? When were the Millennium Development Goals supposed to be achieved by?
Created-2000
Achieved by-2015
What document preserves Human Rights and when was it created?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1948
What guides the decisions made within the UN?
The charter
What is a Permanent Observer in the UN?
What is the difference between peacekeeping and peacebuilding?
Peacekeeping uses military deployment
Peacebuilding moves country from war to peace and helps build functioning government
Explain the connection between human development and the environment.
The environment is everything that surrounds humans, development is what humans do with the environment to improve their lives
What does the UN mean by "human rights" and what UN agency is in charge of preserving them?
Human rights are rights essential for living as humans.
The Human Rights Council
How are decisions made within the UN?
What are the 6 official languages of the UN?
Russian, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish
How many steps will the Security Council go through if a nation disobeys their order? Name 1 step/example
1st Step) Economic or Trade Sanctions are applied
2nd Step) Arms or Travel Bans
3rd Step) Military Action
What are the 3 things the UN has done to protect the environment?
1) Conducts research & Monitors current state of environment
2) Advises member-state governments on ways to preserve environment
3) Leads collaboration among member-states to make international laws to protect environment
How are human rights violations brought to the UN's attention?
Step 2) UN decides if violations should be heard in court
Step 3) Violations are sent to either ICJ (international court of justice if country to country) or ICC (international criminal court if person to people or person to country)
What are the 4 purposes of the UN?
1) maintain international peace & security
2) develop friendly relations among nations
3) solving international problems & respect for human rights
4) harmonizing the actions of nations
Is what the UN does a good value for the money put into it?
Yes because peacekeeping is cheaper (financially and human-rights related) then war
What happens if peace is threatened? What are the steps?
1) Security Council & Secretary-General lead peace talks
2) If talks don't work, try to negotiate ceasefire
3) If that doesn't work, UN peacekeepers are sent in to support militaries
What is the difference between urbanization & globalization?
Globalization-how trade, information, knowledge, and culture has been shared through the world due to technology and transportation
Urbanization-The jump in the amount of people living in cities-contributes to pollution and poverty
Name 2 ways the UN protects human rights, outside of the laws.
1) Monitoring human rights records of nations
2) Calling upon nation governments to publicly respond to human right violation allegations
3) Appointing experts, "special rapporteurs" to investigate allegations and make recommendations
4) Establish working groups to investigate allegations
5) Provide assistance in strengthening nation's schools and courts
6) Holding international conferences to discuss issues
What country temporarily quit the UN?
What happened?
Indonesia
Disagreement with Malaysia, returned to UN following year
Who pays for the work the UN does?
All member-states pay according to a scale agreed upon by all member-states
What are 2 other things the UN does besides peacekeeping?
1) Assist in displaced people/refugees returning home
2) Clears mines
3) Repairs roads & bridges
4) Provides economic and technical help to rebuild economy after war
5) Monitors elections
6) Follows human rights protections or violations
Name 1 mission the UN has gone on to combat poverty OR to protect the environment
Poverty: China & Improving Teachers, Ethiopia & Combatting Aids
Environment: Kyoto Protocol & global warming, Small Island Declaration & economic and social development
What are the top 4 human rights issues the UN has been working to fix?
1) Protections for Indigenous Groups
2) Child Labor
3) Victims of Torture
4) Genocide Prevention