Essays on United Nations

Introduction The definition of peacekeeping is the behavior of trying to prevent fighting especially of trying to prevent war between nations. Peacekeeping is the process of maintaining peace. UN peacekeeping is a unique global partnership and it started in 1948 now 70 years already when...

After the League of Nations’ failure, the second try at making a peace system was the UN’s second institution within only a few decades. Yet, throughout the conflict peace was about to fail once again, as most of the world was divided into two blocs....

The United Nations no longer fulfils its mission. Discuss. The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental global organization that works to promote international co-operation and peacekeeping among nations. It was established on the 24th of October in 1945 following the catastrophic effects of World War...

The United Nations and its precursor, the League of Nations, have played a central role in the creation, development and current status of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. The Arab-Israeli conflict is about the territory that Israel now occupies in what used to be...

Introduction Regrettably, sexual exploitation and rape are not new concepts to the world, but when exploitation (financial or otherwise) occurs in the context of peacekeeping the reality becomes “profoundly disturbing” (Al-Hussein, 2005). The United Nations Security Counsel has had many failures since its installment in...

After United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) which was created in 1960 in order to restore peace and stability following Congo’s independence (Zabeki, 2017), the United Nations intervened again by establishing the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)...

The foundations of the United Nations are built upon the very core idea of human rights, therefore, they strive to progress towards the goal of obtaining and maintaining equal human rights. Every country is signed to the Treaty of Universal Human Rights, meaning that human...

More than 6, 700 people died in the world’s latest humanitarian crisis as of 2018. From political debates to UN involvement questioning, the Rohingya Crisis has become the cause of many discussions. Thousands of news networks covered updates from channels across the world. Nonetheless, after...

Being a Chair is such an exciting position to hold at a MUN because it requires you to take on responsibility, but also to think well on your feet and to respond immediately to a committee. In many ways, the Chair sets the tone of...

UN Organs The General Assembly, The Security Council, The Trusteeship Council, The Economic and Social Council, The International Court of Justice, and The Secretariat. General Assembly The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN. All 193 member States of...