Model+UN

-Name was given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and first used in the “Declaration by United Nations” of Jan. 1, 1942, during WWII, 26 nations’ representatives pledged their governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers -The International Telecommunication Union founded in 865 and the Universal Postal Union established in 1874 are United Nations specialized agencies -In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the united nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter -The Charter was signed on Jun. 26, 1945 by the 50 representatives. Poland signed it later and became one of the original 51 Member States -The United Nations officially came into existence on Oct. 24, 1945; also became United Nations Day
 * __History__**

__**Structure**__ -General Assembly make decisions on important questions, such as peace and security, admission of new members and budgetary matters, require a 2/3 majority. Each country has one vote, and some Member States might be granting the right to vote through payment. -Six Main Committees: · First Committee (Disarmament and International Security Committee): concerned with disarmament and related international security questions · Second Committee (Economic and Financial Committee): concerned with economic questions · Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee): deals with social and humanitarian issues · Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee): deals with a variety of political subjects not dealt with by the First Committee, and with decolonization · Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary Committee): deals with the administration and budget of the UN  · Sixth Committee (Legal Committee): deals with international legal matters

-to maintain world peace and security -to develop friendly relations among nations; equality -to protect human rights -to promote international cooperation by solving economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems -to help developing countries through funding
 * __Objectives__**

-Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) consist of 8 goals that will be target by 2015
 * __Goals__**
 * End Poverty and Hunger
 * Achieve Universal Primary Education
 * Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
 * Child Health- reduce child mortality
 * Improve Maternal Health
 * Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases
 * Environmental Sustainability
 * Develop a Global partnership for Development

Sources: @http://www.un.org/en/ga/about/index.shtml @http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/bkgd.shtml @http://www.un.org/aboutun/history.htm @http://www.un.org/esa/ecesa/objective.html