United Nations

"One place where the world's nations can gather together, discuss common problems and find shared solutions."

"The main bodies of the United Nations are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the UN Secretariat. All were established under the UN Charter when the Organization was founded in 1945."

"The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN."

"The Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. It has 15 Members, and each Member has one vote. Under the Charter of the United Nations, all Member States are obligated to comply with Council decisions."

"The United Nations Secretariat carries out the day-to-day work of the UN as mandated by the General Assembly and the Organization's other main organs. The Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, which has tens of thousands of UN staff members working at duty stations all over the world."

"The International Court of Justice, which has its seat in The Hague, is the principal judicial organ of the UN. Its seat is at the Peace Palace in the Hague (Netherlands)."

Lists and explains the 70 Articles of the Statute of the International Court of Justice.

"The Economic and Social Council is at the heart of the United Nations system to advance the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental."

"The UN Charter established the Trusteeship Council as one of the main organs of the United Nations, and assigned to it the task of supervising the administration of Trust Territories placed under the International Trusteeship System.

The Trusteeship Council suspended its operations on 1 November 1994, a month after the independence of Palau, the last remaining United Nations trust territory. By a resolution adopted on 25 May 1994, the Council amended its rules of procedure to drop the obligation to meet annually and agreed to meet as occasion required -- by its decision or the decision of its President, or at the request of a majority of its members or the General Assembly or the Security Council."

"Membership in the Organization, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, 'is open to all peace-loving States that accept the obligations contained in the United Nations Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization, are able to carry out these obligations'. States are admitted to membership in the United Nations by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council."