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| <div style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:10px;">{{navbar-header |{{big|'''Principal organs of the United Nations'''}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un.org/en/sections/un-charter/chapter-iii/index.html |title=UN Charter: Chapter III |accessdate=2 November 2017 |publisher=United Nations}}</ref> |United Nations organs}}</div>
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| |width="34%" style="padding-left:15px;padding-top:10px;"| '''[[United Nations General Assembly|UN General Assembly]]'''<br/>— [[Deliberative assembly]] of all UN member states —
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| |width="34%" style="padding-left:15px;padding-top:10px;"| '''[[United Nations Secretariat|UN Secretariat]]'''<br/>— Administrative organ of the UN —
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| |width="34%" style="padding-left:15px;padding-top:10px;"| '''[[International Court of Justice]]'''<br/>— Universal court for [[international law]] —
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| [[File:UN General Assembly hall.jpg|260px|UN General Assembly hall]]</div></div></div>
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| [[File:United Nations Headquarters in New York City, view from Roosevelt Island.jpg|260px|Headquarters of the UN in New York City]]</div></div></div>
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| [[File:International Court of Justice.jpg|260px|International Court of Justice]]</div></div></div>
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| * May resolve non-compulsory recommendations to states or suggestions to the Security Council (UNSC);
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| * Decides on the admission of new members, following proposal by the UNSC;
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| * Adopts the budget;
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| * Elects the non-permanent members of the UNSC; all members of ECOSOC; the [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|UN Secretary General]] (following his/her proposal by the UNSC); and the fifteen judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Each country has one vote.
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| * Supports the other [[United Nations System|UN bodies]] administratively (for example, in the organization of conferences, the writing of reports and studies and the preparation of the budget);
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| * Its chairperson – the [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|UN Secretary General]] – is elected by the General Assembly for a five-year mandate and is the UN's foremost representative.
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| * Decides disputes between states that recognize its jurisdiction;
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| * Issues legal opinions;
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| * Renders judgment by [[relative majority]]. Its fifteen judges are elected by the UN General Assembly for nine-year terms.
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| |style="padding-left:15px;padding-top:10px;"| '''[[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]]'''<br/>— For international security issues —
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| |style="padding-left:15px;padding-top:10px;"| '''[[United Nations Economic and Social Council|UN Economic and Social Council]]'''<br/>— For global economic and social affairs —
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| |style="padding-left:15px;padding-top:10px;"| '''[[United Nations Trusteeship Council|UN Trusteeship Council]]'''<br/>— For administering [[United Nations trust territories|trust territories]] (''currently inactive'') —
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| [[File:UN-Sicherheitsrat - UN Security Council - New York City - 2014 01 06.jpg|260px|UN security council]]</div></div></div>
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| [[File:United Nations Economic and Social Council.jpg|260px|UN Economic and Social Council]]</div></div></div>
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| [[File:United Nations Trusteeship Council chamber in New York City 2.JPG|260px|UN Trusteeship Council]]</div></div></div>
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| * Responsible for the maintenance of [[World peace|international peace]] and [[International security|security]];
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| * May adopt [[United Nations Security Council resolution|compulsory resolution]]s;
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| * Has fifteen members: [[Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council|five permanent members]] with [[United Nations Security Council veto power|veto power]] and ten [[List of members of the United Nations Security Council|elected members]].
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| * Responsible for co-operation between states as regards economic and social matters;
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| * Co-ordinates co-operation between the UN's numerous [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|specialized agencies]];
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| * Has 54 members, elected by the General Assembly to serve staggered three-year mandates.
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| * Was originally designed to manage colonial possessions that were former [[League of Nations mandate]]s;
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| * Has been inactive since 1994, when [[Palau]], the last trust territory, attained independence.
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