What is the purpose of the United Nations?

Question

What are its major functions? Who are the current members? What is the relationship between the United Nations and international business?

Answer 1

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Purposes of the UN - to maintain international peace and security, to safeguard human rights, to provide a mechanism for international law, and to promote social and economic progress, improve living standards, and fight diseases. It provides the opportunity for countries to balance global interdependence and national interests when addressing international problems. Toward these ends it ratified a Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

Membership - 192 member countries

Relationship of the UN and the international business is coursed through the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) that assists the General Assembly in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development. ECOSOC has 54 members, all of whom are elected by the General Assembly for a three-year term. The president is elected for a one-year term and chosen amongst the small or middle powers represented on ECOSOC. ECOSOC meets once a year in July for a four-week session. Since 1998, it has held another meeting each April with finance ministers heading key committees of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Viewed separate from the specialized bodies it coordinates, ECOSOC's functions include information gathering, advising member nations, and making recommendations. In addition, ECOSOC is well-positioned to provide policy coherence and coordinate the overlapping functions of the UN’s subsidiary bodies and it is in these roles that it is most active. The organization occupies itself at present in the fields of economic development, world health, the state of the environment, the health of animals, education, and refugee work. The organization also discusses and deliberates global conflicts, wars, disarmament and peace efforts.

Answer 2

http://www.un.org/aboutun/

Answer 3

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues.

Answer 4

To maintain peace and harmony throughout the world.
following link may explain you in detail.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN

Answer 5

The purpose of the UN is to facilitate corruption of international leaders both in the political and business sectors.

Answer 6

Mainly its to suck all of the lifeblood out of developed nations & squander it in their so-called "humanatarian programs" for the poorer countries. It doesn't matter we foot the bill for a large part of the UN AND the BILLIONS we waste sending it to them as well on our own. We're STILL an EVIL country. Yes - folks that was sarcasm...

Answer 7

It's purpose is to promote world peace and the rights of people. They do a really poor job of it.