FUNCTIONS

- to promote international cooperation.

- to maintain international peace and security
throughout the world.
- to cooperate in solving international problems.
- to promote respect for human rights.
- to develop friendly relations among nations.

COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE

GENERAL SECURITY ECONOMIC & TRUSTEESHIP INTERNATIONAL
ASSEMBLY COUNCIL SOCIAL COUNCIL COUNCIL COURT OF JUSTICE
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representative the UN Charter, review, policy dialogue supervision for 11 Nations
organ of the UN for the and recommendations Trust
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international peace environmental issues,
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representation mechanism for it by States and to give
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- General Assembly, activities of the UN
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each year, elects system and its
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existence of a
the economic, social and Territories for United Nations organs
serve a one-year threat to the and specialized agencies
environmental fields, self-government
term of office. peace or act of
supervising subsidiary and independence
aggression
and expert bodies

SECRETARIAT

-omprises the Secretary-General and tens of thousands of international UN staff members who carry out the day-
to-day work of the UN as mandated by the General Assembly and the Organization's other principal bodies.

- Secretary-General is Chief Administrative Officer of the Organization, appointed by the General Assembly on the
recommendation of the Security Council for a five-year, renewable term

-Secretary-General is also a symbol of the Organization's ideals, and an advocate for all the world's peoples, especially
the poor and vulnerable.