History of the United Nations
The United Nations was a second attempt to united the world after the League of Nations failed to keep to world from World War II. The United Nations first met on January 1, 1942 during WWII when 26 nations pledged to work together to fight the Axis Powers (Germany, Japan, Italy). United States president, Franklin D. Roosevelt first coined the name, "United Nations" at that first meeting.
In later years the United Nations really began to show itself as a future force to be reckoned with. In 1943 at the Moscow and Tehran Conferences; the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union all pledged to maintain peace and security. The United Nations officially established itself as the world governing body at the Yalta Conferences in 1945. To keep peace and equal power, the UN created the Security Council consisting of the U.S., China, USSR, UK, and France. The first meeeting of the General Assembly occured in 1946 when 51 countries joined together in London. Since then the United Nations has emersed iteself in all of the world's problems giving aid to those who need it in crisis situations or in war.
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The General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly was created by the 1945 original Charter of the United Nations. This is the chief deliberative and policymaking body. The first General Assembly contained 51 representatives but today the General Assembly contains 193 representatives.
The main goal of the General Assembly is to provied a multilateral point of view and see every side of the opinions. The General Assembly meets regularly every year from September to December. The last meeting that the Assembly had was on December 24, 2012.
Global Issue: Terrorism
A major issue in today's society is terrorism. Terrorism has really just emerged as a major threat in the 21st century. The first major act of terrorism was the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Immediately following the attacks, the United Nations passed a new resolution to stop the financing of terrorism and criminalize those who do so. That's why Osama Bin-Laden was such a major target. The United Nations has also been working to prevent terrorists from getting a hold of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction. The fear of those types of weapons getting into the wrong hands has plagued the world since the 9/11 attacks. The Middle East is the biggest problem area in terms of terrorism. There has been a lot of time and money spent on cleaning out that area and immense progress has been made with the killing of Osama Bin-Laden and Saddam Hussein and the creation of a democratic government in Iraq. Do what you can to help the UN stop terrorism and save the world from total disaster.
Model United Nations (MUN)
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