The Nobel Peace Prize 2001

Description

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization formed on October 24, 1945 as a successor to the League of Nations.
There were initially 51 countries when the UN began.
There are currently 191 countries in the organization.
The UN primary concern is the security and peace of the world.

Overview

Constituent organizations : the UN is composed of six principal organs and numerous subordinate agencies and bodies as follows:

1) Secretariat
established: 26 June 1945; effective - 24 October 1945.
aim: to serve as the primary administrative organ of the UN; a Secretary General is appointed for a five-year term by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council.
members: the UN Secretary General and staff.

2) General Assembly
Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UN AIDS),
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW),
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UN-Habitat),
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),
United Nations Development Program (UNDP),
United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP),
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP),
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR),
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR),
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR),
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI),
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),
United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS),
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD),
United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC),
and United Nations University (UNU),
World Food Program (WFP).

3) Security Council
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR),
United Nations Compensation Commission,
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF),
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL),
United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET),
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP),
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO),
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE),
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL),
United Nations Monitoring and Verification Commission (UNMOVIC),
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG),
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC),
United Nations Peace-Keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), and
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO).

4) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):
Commission for Social Development,
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice,
Commission on Human Rights,
Commission on Narcotics Drugs,
Commission on Population and Development,
Commission on Science and Technology for Development,
Commission on Sustainable Development,
Commission on the Status of Women,
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP),
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA),
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA),
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE),
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD),
International Center for Secretariat of Investment Disputes (ICSID),
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),
International Development Association (IDA),
International Finance Corporation (IFC),
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),
International Labor Organization (ILO),
International Maritime Organization (IMO),
International Monetary Fund (IMF),
International Telecommunication Union (ITU),
Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency (MIGA),
Statistical Commission,
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
United Nations Forum on Forests, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),
Universal Postal Union (UPU),
World Health Organization (WHO),
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),
World Meteorological Organization (WMO),
World Tourism Organization (WToO),
World Trade Organization (WTrO).

5) Trusteeship Council: (inactive; no trusteeships at this time)

6) International Court of Justice (ICJ) (also known as the World Court):
established: 3 February 1946 superseded Permanent Court of International Justice.
aim: primary judicial organ of the UN.
members: (15 judges) elected by the UN General Assembly and Security Council to represent all principal legal systems.