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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...

  Freedom of Expression, a Fundamental Human Right Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right, enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But around the world, there are governments and those wielding power who find many ways to obstruct it. They impose high taxes on newsprint, making newspapers so expensive that people can't afford to buy them. Independent radio and TV stations are forced off the air if they criticize Government policy. The censors are also active in cyberspace, restricting Internet and new media use. Some journalists risk intimidation, detention, and even their lives, simply for exercising their right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas, through any media, regardless of frontiers. Last year, UNESCO condemned the killing of 77 journalists. These were not high-profile war correspondents, killed in the heat of battle. Most of them worked for small, local publications in peacetime. They were killed for attempting to ex...