Presentation On:
ROLE OF U.N. IN MAINTENANCE OF
INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
INTRODUCTION
❑ The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose
stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law,
international security, economic development, social progress, human
rights, and achievement of world peace.
❑ The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the
League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a
platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to
carry out its missions.
❑ Presently, the United Nations (UN) comprises 193 States.
Headquarters : New York
Official Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Type: Intergovernmental Organization
Membership: 193 Member States
Leaders
▪ Secretary-General: Antonio Guterres
▪ Deputy Secretary-General: Amina J. Mohammed
▪ General Assembly President: Tijjani Muhammad Bande
▪ Economic & Social Council President: Mona Juul
▪ Security Council President: Dang Dinh Quy
Establishment
▪ UN Charter Signed: 26 June 1945
▪ Charter entered into force: 24 October 1945
MANDATE OF UN
The following are the Purposes of the UN, as stated in Article 1, Chapter I of its
Charter:
❑To maintain international peace and security.
❑To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of
equal rights and self-determination of people.
❑To achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an
economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character.
❑To be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these
common ends.
MEANING AND NEED FOR PEACEKEEPING
❑General Indar Jit Rktye, the former President of the International Peace Academy
who has participated in several peacekeeping missions, defines peace keeping as being
“The prevention, limitation, moderation and cessation of hostilities between or within
States due to the intervention of a third party, which is organized and directed at the
international level and which calls upon military, police and civilian personnel to
restore peace.”
❑The United Nations (UN) was established on 24 October 1945 in the aftermath of two
World Wars and was dedicated, in the enduring words of the UN Charter, to saving
“succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” Since its creation, the UN has been
called upon to prevent disputes from escalating into war, to persuade opposing parties to
use the conference table rather than the force of arms and to help restore peace when
conflict breaks out. Over the decades, the UN has helped to contain or end numerous
conflicts, in many cases through the deployment of peacekeeping operations.
THE UN SYSTEM
• THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
• THE SECURITY COUNCIL
• PEACEKEEPING AND OBSERVER MISSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
❑ The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), which
was established as a separate department of the UN Secretariat
in 1992, is responsible for planning, managing, deploying,
supporting and, on behalf of the Secretary-General, providing
executive direction to all UN peacekeeping operations.
INSTRUMENTS FOR PEACE
AND SECURITY
• Preventive Diplomacy And Peacemaking
• Peace-Keeping
• Post-Conflict Peace-Building
• Sanctions
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES UNDER UN THAT CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE
CONCLUSION
❑ Despite having many short-comings, UN has played a crucial role making
this human society more civil, more peaceful & secure in comparison to time
of its origin at 2nd World War.
❑ It was thought necessary to create an international organisation, more
effective than the League of Nations, based on the principle of sovereign
equality of all peace-loving states.
❑ UN is playing a very important role on its part for maintenance of
International peace and security, through its various agencies.
THANKYOU!
