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Ryan International School, Greater Noida

Worksheet

Class
V
Subject
Social studies
Topic
The United Nations
LEARNING OUTCOME: On completing the worksheet / Assignment students will be able to

1. Know about The United Nations

SKILLS LEARNT: Analytical skill


INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Read it thoroughly
.

Read the following passage carefully.

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization


whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and
security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve
international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the
actions of nations.[3] It is the world's largest international
organization.[4] The UN is headquartered in New York City (in the
United States, but with certain extraterritorial privileges), and the

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UN has other offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna, and The Hague,
where the International Court of Justice is headquartered.

The UN was established after World War II with the aim of


preventing future world wars, and succeeded the League of Nations,
which was characterized as ineffective.[5] On 25 April 1945, 50
nations met in San Francisco, California for a conference and started
drafting the UN Charter, which was adopted on 25 June 1945. The
charter took effect on 24 October 1945, when the UN began
operations. The UN's objectives, as defined by its charter, include
maintaining international peace and security, protecting human
rights, delivering humanitarian aid, promoting sustainable
development, and upholding international law.[6] At its founding, the
UN had 51 member states; as of 2023, it has 193 – almost all of the
world's sovereign states.[7]

The UN's mission to preserve world peace was complicated in its


early decades due in part to Cold War tensions that existed between
the United States and Soviet Union and their respective allies. Its
mission has included the provision of primarily unarmed military
observers and lightly armed troops charged with primarily
monitoring, reporting and confidence-building roles.[8] UN
membership grew significantly following widespread decolonization
in the 1960s. Since then, 80 former colonies have gained
independence, including 11 trust territories that had been monitored
by the Trusteeship Council.[9] By the 1970s, the UN's budget for
economic and social development programmes vastly exceeded its
spending on peacekeeping. After the end of the Cold War in 1991, the
UN shifted and expanded its field operations, undertaking a wide
variety of complex tasks.[10]

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The UN has six principal operational organizations: the General


Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council,
the International Court of Justice, the UN Secretariat, and the
Trusteeship Council, although the Trusteeship Council has been
inactive since 1994. The UN System includes a multitude of
specialized agencies, funds, and programmes, including the World
Bank Group, the World Health Organization, the World Food
Programme, UNESCO, and UNICEF. Additionally, non-
governmental organizations may be granted consultative status with
the Economic and Social Council and other agencies.

The UN's chief administrative officer is the secretary-general,


currently Portuguese politician and diplomat António Guterres, who
began his first five year-term on 1 January 2017 and was re-elected
on 8 June 2021. The organization is financed by assessed and
voluntary contributions from its member states.

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