UN and Sovereignty

UN and Sovereignty

Introduction

The United Nations Organization or simply UN (United Nations), is the largest international organization exists, it is defined as an association of global governance that facilitates cooperation on issues such as international law, the peace and security internationally, economic development and social, humanitarian affairs and human rights.

The UN was founded on October 24th of 1945 in San Francisco (California), for 51 countries, after the World War II, with the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, from its headquarters in New York, Member States of the United Nations and other affiliated organizations provide advice and decide on crucial issues and administrative regular meetings are held throughout the year. The UN is structured in various organs, of which the main ones are, General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Secretariat, Trusteeship Council and the International Court of Justice. The main public figure for UN is the UN Secretary General, the current on is Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, who took office on January 1, 2007, replacing Kofi Annan.

As of 2012, the UN has 193 member states, almost all countries sovereign and internationally recognized. There are exceptions such as the Holy See, which has observer status, and Republic of China-Taiwan (a special case).

The European headquarters (and second world headquarters) of the United Nations Organization is located in Geneva, Switzerland.

The official languages of the UN are six: Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, French, English and Russian.

Discussion

Sovereignty

Sovereignty is a characteristic of a political entity that, within a defined geographical area, possesses and exercises power that is the highest in that area. The sovereign entity's decision is both generally applicable throughout the area and, although extraneous matters such as public or world opinion are not typically disregarded, the sovereign entity acts independently.

Sovereignty has, since the European Renaissance, been an important characteristic of the modern state, assisting in the development of national identity. Initially, sovereignty operated within a state, establishing where power resides. Eventually, sovereignty functioned more within the context of international relations, distinguishing one state from another and thereby defining exclusive areas of political power as well as, distinct national political identities. Both political thought and political realities since the Renaissance have complicated both the intrastate and international applicability of the concept of sovereignty.

UN and Yugoslavia Sovereignty

When Yugoslavia was attack by NATO bombs, they caused more than just destruction and death across the country. After the World War II, every one was feeling protected from the horrors of nuclear war, and this resulted in a serious blow to the heart of international peace law and organizations a to the main structure of global security. This issue was avoided by the officials again and again including foreign, defense and NATO officials as to not to mention it in public, and no explanation on why United Nations Security Council was ignored has be given as well, and no efforts have be done to know under whose authority did NATO bombed Yugoslavia. The officials and ministers continue to justify stress upon that the air and ground strikes were ...