The United Nations

The United Nations was created in 1945 after world war 2 to help bring peaceful resolutions to the worlds problems. The United Nations consists of 193 seperate states and has recently become a paper tiger. The United Nations consist of the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Secretariat, and the International Court of Justice. While the general assembly can only make recommendations the U.N. security council is the only hand that can make binding agreements. The security council currently consists of 15 member states however only five are permanenet. The five permanent are China, France, the United States, Russia and the United Kingdom. These five states form the main policy of the U.N. and are often the main heads of legislation passed by the United Nations. The United Nations also has court which brings war criminals and other high profile leaders to justice. The United Nations has recieved alot of flack over percieved failures such as the war in the Congo and the Rwandan genocide.