UNO

UNO: United Nations Organization
Started: 24th October 1945 with the United Nations Charter by 50 countries replacing the League of Nations, founded in 1919
UN Security Council Permanent Members – USA, UK, The Russian Federation, The People’s Republic of China and The French Republic
Member nations – 192
Headquarters – International Territory on Manhattan Island, New York City
Official Languages – Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
Flag – The emblem is composed of an azimuthal equidistant projection of a world map (less Antarctica) centred on the North Pole, enclosed in olive branches
Official Colors – White and Blue
Secretary General – Ban-ki-Moon from Jan 01, 2007
List of Previous Sec-Gens:
#Gladwynn Jebb – UK (acting) until the first elections
1. Halvdan Lie -Norway
2. Dag Hammarskjold – Sweden
3. U Thant – Myanmar
4. Kurt Waldheim – Austria – China vetoed his third term!
5. Javier de Cuellar – Peru
6. Boutrous Boutrous Ghali – Egypt – US Vetoed his second term!
7. Kofi Annan – Ghana
8. Ban-ki-Moon – South Korea

Last country to join UNO – Montenegro in 2006
The Republic of China (Tiawan) and Holy See (administering Authority of Vatican City) are not members of the UN
Five Principal Organs: General Assembly, UN Security Council, International Court of Justice, UN Economic and Social Council and the UN Secretariat
Security Counil – 15 member states – 5 permanent and 10 temporary (for 2 yr term on a regional basis). the presidency of the security council is rotated each month alphabetically

Universal Declaration of Human Rights – 1948

The UN Conference on Environment and Development (the Earth Summit) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992, led to the creation of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development
The International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo, Egypt, in September 1994
The Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing, China, in September 1995
The Second UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), convened in June 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey
ICARA 2 or ICARA II: International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa established in 1984.

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
United Nations Peace Messenger Cities

UN Peace-Keeping Forces (called the Blue Helmets) received the 1988 Nobel Prize for Peace
Kofi Annan and the UN won Nobel Peace Prize in 2001

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is the largest multilateral source of grant technical assistance in the world
The UN annually publishes the Human Development Index (HDI)
The Millennium Development Goals from the United Nations Millennium Declaration 2000:

Eradicate extreme Poverty and Hunger
Universal Primary Education
Gender Equality and Empower women
Reduce Child Mortality
Improve Maternal Health
Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases
Ensure Environmental Sustenability and
Global partnership for Development

United Nations Commission on Human Rights to be replaced by United Nations Human Rights Council – in 2006
Special agency for Palastine – United Nations Reliefs and Works Agency for Palastine Refugees
for all other world refugee programs – Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees!