Lesson 2/34 min

Main Organs

1. 1

   The UN has six principal organs: the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice and Secretariat.

2. 2

   The Security Council has 15 members, 5 of them permanent: the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia and China.

3. 3

   The permanent members hold the ‘veto’ power.

4. 4

   The International Court of Justice is in The Hague, Netherlands; the other five organs are headquartered in New York.

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   The UN has six official languages: English, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish and Arabic.