At the end of World War II, the winners founded the United Nations, whose Charter was signed on June 26, 1945 in San Francisco. At first, they planned to build the "capital of the world" in America, but this is too ambitious. The idea of the organization is perfect, true and humane - ensuring international security ...
International security - the spirit of the UN Charter - is it not funny to talk about it today?
List of UN Countries
On the continents of North and South America, as well as Africa, Australia and Oceania, all countries are members of the Organization (23, 12, 54, 14 countries, respectively). In Asia, out of 50 states located on the continent, there are 47 countries that are members of the UN (Palestine, the Republic of China, Taiwan and Northern Cyprus are not included); in Europe, out of 45 countries, the United Nations does not include only the Vatican, but it has a chance.
Is the UN Charter respected
It is really strange and scary to realize that the UN Charter today is a forgotten paper.
The UN is called to "... save future generations from the scourge of war ...".
The peoples of the world today suffer from wars.
The organization is obligated "... to ensure the adoption of principles and the establishment of methods so that the armed forces are used only in the common interest ...".
The military aggression of UN members has not stopped for more than fifteen years. According to experts, only in 2016 America dropped about 27 thousand bombs in 7 countries (more than 12 000 in Syria, and the same in Iraq).
What else is written in the Charter? How many countries in the UN are ready "... to carry out international cooperation in resolving international problems ...". This refers to problems of a different nature, including humanitarian ones. How do sanctions against Russia fit into this provision?
Why not convene a “special session”, for example, in the Middle East, since from the moment the “Arab Spring” began, all that territory came under a terrible blow ...
Is nobody really interested? Maybe it's time for the UN member states to start implementing the Charter?
Interesting - they were deprived of the right to vote for debts
In 2016, sanctions were imposed on 15 UN member countries due to non-payment of membership fees. Libya, the Dominican Republic, Bahrain, Mali, Venezuela were denied the right to vote.
The amount billed to Caracas (the capital of Venezuela) amounted to $ 3 million. Among the fined turned out to be small island states, which owed about 2-3 thousand dollars. Official Tehran promptly paid its membership dues, and its voting right was returned. Some states from the list of fines can take part in solving certain issues, some - no.
"Rules of behavior"
The organization is called to maintain peace and security in the world, its task is to prevent global threats. How many countries at the UN today advocate peaceful means of suppressing aggression under international law? Today, in the age of hidden wars between states?
The UN's task is to resolve disputes between countries and resolve situations leading to conflicts, the development of enemy relations and the outbreak of war ...
The principles of self-determination of peoples and their equality formed the basis of the UN's tasks to strengthen and develop friendly interethnic relations. How many countries in the UN today advocate for equal rights and fundamental freedoms for all people? But according to the Charter of the Organization it does not matter what kind of person is race, gender, language and religion. The UN should advocate for cooperation between states in resolving global problems in the economic, social and cultural spheres.
All participants have sovereign equality and are required to fulfill their statutory obligations. If a UN member country has international disputes with other countries, they must resolve this by peaceful means so as not to endanger the rest of the world. Their decisions must be fair to the whole world.
Admission to the UN
Admission to the Organization is open, the question of how many countries can be adopted by the General Assembly in the UN has one answer: an unlimited number. All peace-loving states that are ready to act according to the Charter of the Organization, accept the obligations contained therein and will be ready to fulfill them can become members of the UN.
Location
America ... Even if you did not know, it is not difficult to guess in which city the UN headquarters is located. John D. Rockefeller Jr. bought a plot in Manhattan and donated it to the city - the UN headquarters is based there today. The construction of the complex according to the project of Le Corbusier was completed in 1952.