The United Nations came into existence through a number of conferences, declarations, and charters. The first step in the establishment of the United Nations was declaration known as the Inter-Allied Declaration. On the twelfth of June, 1941, at Saint James Place in London, representatives from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Yugoslavia, and General Charles de Gaulle of France signed the declaration (Riggs, 1994). In it, they stated their intention "to work together with other free people in both war and peace."

On the fourteenth of August, 1941, shortly after the signing of the Inter-Al

United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

1) Riggs, Roberts E. (1994) The United Nations: International organization and world

The United Nations consists of six principal organs, or functioning bodies. They are the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat. Each of these performs specific tasks within the United Nations (Riggs, 1994: Baehr, 1992: Handbook).

The Security Council has the power to make decisions which all member states must accept. It investigates situations that it deems may cause international friction, as well as disputes brought forth to the Security Council by any member state, the General Assembly, or the Secretary-General (Baehr, 1992: Riggs, 1994). The Security Council can also make a mandatory call for member states to apply economic sanctions to another threatened nation. If these sanctions are met, but too inadequate, the Security Council can use military force (under the Charter of the United Nations, all member states agree to supply armed forces to the Security Council).

The General Assembly may discuss and issue or body under the Charter of the United Nations. It can also make recommendations to member states and the Security Council. However, the Security Council must make a formal request to the General Assembly for advice on matters that the council is considering at the same time (Baehr, 1992). Voting on important issues in the General Assembly applies a two-thirds majority system (Riggs, 1994). Elections of ten non-permanent members of the Security Council, fifty-four members the Economic and Social Council, members of the Trusteeship Council, and members of the International Court of Justice all require two-thirds majority (Riggs, 1994). Other issues deemed to be 'less important' require a simple majority.

International Labor Organization (ILO)

The Economic and Social Council coordinates the economic and social work of the United Nations along with fifteen specialized agencies within the council. These agencies are:

lied Declaration, President Roosevelt of the USA and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the UK issued a joint declaration. The two leaders vowed to bring and end to what they called "Nazi tyranny" and ensure peace for all nations within their own national boundaries (Riggs, 1994). This famous meeting became known as the Atlantic Charter. Just four and a half months later, on New Year's Day, 1942, twenty-six

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