How does the UN
The United Nations is not a world government and does not accept the laws. However, it provides a means to help resolve international conflicts and formulate policies on matters that affect us all. At the United Nations, all Member States - large and small, rich and poor, of various political views and social systems - have a right to express their views and to vote in this process. The United Nations has six main organs. Five of them - the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council and the Secretariat - are located at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Sixth body - the International Court of Justice - in The Hague, Netherlands. The UN General Assembly This body, in which all the States - Members of the UN. The General Assembly has given some very important functions: the power to consider the general principles of cooperation in the maintenance of international peace and security, including the principles governing arms, as well as to discuss a wide range of issues of cooperation in political, economic, social, environmental, scientific, technical and other areas and make recommendations thereon. The General Assembly shall meet in regular annual session, in December of each year, only interrupted and continue until the next session. Plenary sessions are opened on Tuesday following the second Monday in September. Convene such special (s1946 to 2000. There were 24) and emergency special (from 1946 to 1999. There were 10) session. Provisional agenda for the regular session shall be drawn up by the Secretary-General and communicated to the members of the UN no less than 60 days before the opening session. A characteristic feature of the General Assembly in recent years is that more and more importance in her work, and all organs of the UN takes first applied in 1964. in the Security Council and is widely used in the General Assembly of the method of formulation and adoption of resolutions on the basis of agreeing (consensus), ie reaching general agreement without a vote on an appropriate solution. General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding on the States, but can not qualify as ordinary calls or requests. States should carefully and conscientiously consider the resolutions of the General Assembly. General Assembly resolutions and declarations are the most important benchmark of international law. The UN has a practice of following the development of international legal instruments. At the outset, adopted a declaration on an issue (for example, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights), and then on the basis of such declarations produced international treaties and conventions (two international instrument on human rights, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, etc.). The General Assembly is a truly democratic representative body of sovereign states. Each member of the General Assembly, regardless of size, population, economic and military power has one vote. The decision of the General Assembly on important questions shall be taken by a 2 / 3 of those present and voting in the Assembly. In the General Assembly may take part, the state - not the members of the UN, having permanent observer at the UN (the Vatican, Switzerland) and not having them. In addition, acquired the right to participate as an observer of Palestine, and representatives of international organizations (UN agencies, the OAS, LAS, OAU, EU, CIS, etc.).
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