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United Nations Research
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 * has updates and news about what the UN is debating on and has decided
 * chartered in 1945 after World War 2 starting out with 51 countries committing but was created in 1942 in San Francisco
 * three locations in New York, Geneva, and Vienna
 * tend to target the countries who don't uphold protection of human rights for their citizens
 * types of action: humanitarian aid, military observers (monitor a conflict), peace keepers
 * origins back to the 1980s from the International Conference
 * General Assembly: 193 members (each state has one vote); discusses any topic possible and requires 2/3 majority to pass
 * Security Council: 5 permanent and 10 non-permanent; concerned with peace and security and all members must agree to pass
 * Economic and Social Council: 54 members; concerned with trade, industrialization, population, and social welfare
 * International Court of Justice: 15 judges; trials are a mixture of English/American court systems and mainland court systems so there are no juries but evidence presentation are involved
 * Secretariat