United Nations Organization (UNO) - Part II

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International Court of Justice (ICJ) :

Headquarters : The Hague (Netherlands)

Membership : Consists of 15 Judges and one Chief Justice who are elected by the General Assembly and the Security Council for a term of nine years. The chief justice term is 3 years.

Functions : 

• It gives advisory opinion on legal matters to the bodies and special agencies of the UNO and considers the legal disputes brought before them. 
• Justice R.S. Pathak, former Chief Justice of India, was elected judge of the ICJ on April 18, 1989.
• He became the third Indian on whom this honour has been bestowed.
• The Other two were, Justice B.N.Rao and Justice Nagendra Singh

Official Languages : French and English

Secretary - Generals of the UNO :

S.No	Name	Country	Year
1	Trygve Lie	Norway	1946 – 52
2	Dag Hammarkjold	Sweden	1953 – 61
3	U. Thant	Myanmar	1962 – 71
4	Dr. Kurt Waldheim	Australia	1972 – 81
5	Javier Perez De Cuellar	Peru (2 Times)	1982 – 91
6	Dr. Boutros – Ghali	Egypt	1992 – 97
7	Kofi Annan	Ghana (2 Times)	1997 – 06
8	Ban – Ki – Moon	S. Korea (2 Times)	01 – 01 – 2007 to PRESENT

Trusteeship Council :

Headquarters : NewYork

Membership : There are five permanent members of the Security Council plus those nations who administer Trust Territories.

Functions : To Safeguard the interest of inhabitants of territories which are not yet fully self-governing and are governed by an administering country.

The Secretariat :

Headed by : A Secretary - General who is appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council.

Tenure : Five Years, and eligible for re - election after the term expires. 

Functions : It is the chief Administrative Office of the UNO which coordinates and supervises the activities of the UNO.

Official Languages of the UNO : 

There are now SIX official working languages recognised by the UNO.

1. Chinese
2. English
3. French
4. Russian
5. Spanish
6. Arabic

UNO International Decades : 

1983 – 1992	United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons
1984 – 1993	Second Decade to combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
1985 – 1994	Treansport and Communication Decade for Asia and the Pacific
1988 – 1997	World Decade for Cultural Development
1997 – 2006	United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
1990 – 1999	United Nations Decade for International Law
1990 – 2000	International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
1991 – 2000	Fourth United Nations Development Decade
1991 – 2000	Second Transport and communications Decade in Africa
1991 – 2000	United Nations Decade against Drug Abuse
1991 – 2000	Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
1994 – 2004	Internaitonal Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
1995 – 2004	United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education
1997 – 2006	United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
2001 – 2010	Decade of Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countires (Espicially Africa), Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children  of the world
2003 – 2012	United Nations Literacy Decade : Education for All
2005 – 2015	Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People, United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, International Decade for 7 Action, “ Water for Life”
2008 – 2017	Second UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
2010 – 2012	UN Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification

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