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International Peace Keeping Organizations

International Peace Keeping Organizations. By: John Lubenow and Hao Chen. League of Nations. It was a precursor to the United Nations It was founded at the Paris Peace Conference after World War I It failed, however, in preventing the aggressions of the Axis powers

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International Peace Keeping Organizations

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  1. International Peace Keeping Organizations By: John Lubenow and Hao Chen

  2. League of Nations • It was a precursor to the United Nations • It was founded at the Paris Peace Conference after World War I • It failed, however, in preventing the aggressions of the Axis powers • It also ineffectively enforced the punishment that it placed on Germany after World War I

  3. League of Nations:1919-1946

  4. World War II • It included Russian, German, and Japanese atrocities • Germans targeted the Jewish, prisoners of war, communists, gypsies, homosexuals, and political opposition and established work camps and death camps • Russians targeted political opposition, prisoners of war • Japanese targeted prisoners of war

  5. German ATrocities • Death Camps and concentration camps Russian Atrocities Japanese Atrocities

  6. What IS the United Nations? • International organization founded after World War II by 51 countries • International peace and security by developing stronger ties to other countries • Promoting human rights, better living, and social progress. • Follows a charter

  7. Main Bodies of the United NATIONS • General Assembly • Security Council • Economic and Social Council • Trusteeship Council • International Court of Justice

  8. General Assembly • Composed of representatives from all member countries • 193 member states • Makes decisions about peace, security, admission of new members, and budgets • Requires a 2/3 majority vote and each country has 1 vote.

  9. Security council • Maintains peace and security under the UN Charter. • 5 permanent members and 10 non-permanent members

  10. Economic and Social Council • Coordinates economic and social work of the United Nations • It also controls specialized agencies and institutions within the United Nations. • It consists of 54 members.

  11. Trusteeship Council • Provides supervision for the 11 Trust Territories that are administrated of 7 Member States • Prepares these Trust Territories for self-government and independence.

  12. International Court of Justice • It is located in at the Hague, Netherlands • It is the judicial court of the United Nations • Settles disputes between member states • Has 15 judges • Gives advice to the UN and the sub-agencies of the UN.

  13. Secretariat • Administers and enforces laws and rules prescribed by the United Nations • Ban Ki-Moon is the Secretary General who is in charge of the Secretariat • Should be unbiased

  14. Works cited • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/League_of_Nations_Anachronous_Map.PNG • http://cdn.counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/stalin_victory.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Gulag_Location_Map.png/400px-Gulag_Location_Map.png • http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/web/090803-F-1234S-023.jpg • http://www.forties.net/POWsurvivormarch.jpg • http://edu.glogster.com/media/3/6/76/32/6763230.jpg • http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/ • http://library.brown.edu/gateway/images/304_unitednationsplan.GIF • http://www.un.org/depts/OHRM/biglogo.gif • http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/images/ha/cun/UNHQ-l.jpg • http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/13137883.jpghttp://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/untour/imggen.jpg • http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/about/ • http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/untour/imgtru.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/UN_International_Court_of_Justice_logo.png • http://themoderatevoice.com/wordpress-engine/files//2011/06/onu-ban-ki-moon.jpg • http://wirednewyork.com/images/united_nations_chrysler_18nov00.jpg

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