Model United Nations

Model United Nations The United Nations (UN) has six main organs. Five of them — the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, and the Secretariat — are based at UN Headquarters in New York. The sixth, the International Court of Justice, is located in The Hague in the Netherlands. The United Nations is neither a supra-State nor a government of governments. It does not have an army and it imposes no taxes. It depends on the political will of its Member States to have its decisions put into action and relies on the contributions of its Members to carry out its activities. The six organs of the United Nations are outlined in the sections below: General Assembly The General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations. It is composed of representatives from all Member States, each of which has one vote. Security Council Under the Charter, the Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of inte...