The+United+Nations

The United Nations was founded In 1945 after World War 2 In order to maintain world order and peace.

=**History**=

The United Nations was founded in 1945 after World War 2 to replace the League of Nations and to prevent any future world wars, which everyone recognized that the human race could not afford to have another one. The United Nations currently has most of its branches based out of the New York Headquarters, which was finished in 1952.

=**Important Members**=

The U.N. contains 193 total members, including every country that is internationally recognized as independent, except Vatican City and the Papal States. THe countries which are the most powerful economically tend to be the most influential and important members, so currently the most important would be the United States, Canada, China, and most European states.

=**Goal****s**=

The stated goals of the U.N. are to provide a worldwide peacekeeping corps and to provide security for the world, to uphold human rights and provide humanitarian aid to those who need it, and to encourage and help economic and social growth to the member countries.

=**Structure**=

The U.N. is split up into five main organs, or branches. These are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Secretariat, and the International Court of Justice. Each branch has its own purpose, and they each correspond with the stated goals and the purpose of the U.N. All of the organs are based out of the United Nations Headquarters in New York, except for the International Court of Justice. The primary spokesman of the U.N. is the Secretary General, the leader of the Secretariat, who currently is Ban Ki-Moon. This Secretary General is appointed by the General Assembly.

=**Advantages of Membership**=

Some advantages of joining the U.N. are that as a country you will have economic and social support from them, and you could have access to supplie in case of disaster, and that if you get attacked then they may send peacekeepers to help you out. =**Disadvantages of Membership**=

The U.N. rarely agrees on anything and as a result any aid that you may require could potentially not it to you because of the vetoing of proposals and the general disagreement between the countries. This would be bad if your are being attacked or if you need help because of a natural disaster. =**Effect on Local Diversity**=

The U.N. trie to preserve local diversity by attempting to revive dead languages, like Hebrew; recognizing religious states like Vatican City as states; and by making colonized states independent in the past, like Ethiopia. However, due to the dominance of Western Powers in World Culture, there tends to be some globalization of Western Culture when aid and/or peacekeepers are sent into countries that do not have that culture. This can challenge the local diversity. = = = = Website: [|__http://www.un.org/en/__]

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