Name: United Nations (UN)
Current membership: 193 member states
Founding membership: 51 member states
Leadership
Current Secretary-General: Mr. António Gutterres of Portugal
Current Deputy Sectretary-General: Ms. Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria
Guiding Documents
- UN Charter (founding document), signed 26 June 1945 in San Francisco, CA, USA, and put into force 24 October 1945 (text here)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948 (text here)
- Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified on 20 November 1989 and put into force on 2 September 1990 (text here)
- Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which was annexed to the original UN Charter (text here). The first justices were elected on 6 February 1946 and the first case was submitted to it in May 1947.
Organizational Structure
Main bodies:
- Security Council
- General Assembly
- Secretariat
- International Court of Justice
- Economic and Social Council
- Trusteeship Council
Location
International Court of Justice: Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
All other offices: New York City, NY, USA