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United Nations ......

Established 24th October 1945 by 51 countries

Headquarter New York, United States

Official languages Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

Total Membership 193 member United Nations

Present Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

First Secretary General Trygve Lie, Norway

United Nations was established San Francisco City

Permanent Members in Security Council Russia, USA, France, China and UK.

Logo designer of the United Nations Donal McLaughlin

Newest Member in UN South Sudan, 14th July 2011

Six Principal Organs The General AssemblyUN Building

The Security Council

The Economic and Social Council

The Secretariat

The International Court of Justice

The United Nations Trusteeship Council



Organizations and specialized agencies of the United Nations

Name----------------------------------- Headquarters ------ Established

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Rome, Italy 1945

International Labour Organization (ILO) Geneva, Switzerland 1946

International Maritime Organization (IMO) London, United Kingdom 1948

World Food Programme (WFP) Rome, Italy 1963

World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland 1948

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Vienna, Austria 1957

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Geneva, Switzerland 1947

World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Madrid, Spain 1974

Universal Postal Union (UPU) Bern, Switzerland 1947

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Montreal, Canada 1947

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Rome, Italy 1977

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington, D.C., USA 1945

World Bank (WB) Washington, D.C., USA 1945

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva, Switzerland 1974

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Geneva, Switzerland 1950

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Vienna, Austria 1967

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Paris, France 1946



The UN has 4 main purposes

• To keep peace throughout the world

• To develop friendly relations among nations

• To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms

• To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals