United Nations Essay

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P1 – Describe the key international organisations and their impact on the UK public services. M1 – Analyse how decisions made by international institutions affect the operation of UK public services. Write a report – As a human rights representative in the public services, you have been asked to put together information about a range of international institutions. International organisations are institutions that play a role in matters such as defence, human rights and economics. The organisations that will be researched are: * The United Nations * The European Union * The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation * Greenpeace * Amnesty International * Liberty The United Nations History The United Nations was established in 1945; however it is often argued that it was established before this with the establishment of the League of Nations in 1919. At the time of WW1 there was a large and organised warfare. Around 70 million military officers went into action and around 15 million sadly died. The League of Nations was created by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 and had around 58 members. During this there were quite a few problems: it had no power or army of its own and they had to rely on the more powerful states to enforce sanctions and agreements. The problem had got worse in the 1930’s when a few of the larger nations such as Germany were the ones who were moving towards war and the League had no power over their actions. The League failed to prevent WW2 and was replaced by the UN in 1945. Structure * General Assembly * Security Council * Secretariat with the Secretary General * Economic and Social Council * International Court of Justice * Trusteeship Council Structure and Institutions The United Nations has many international functions. All of the divisions in the structure are based in New York at the UN
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