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Secretariat

The Secretariat is like the administrative office of the UN which
functions under the Secretary General. The UN officers sit and
work here. They execute all its administrative work, like
maintaining records and files, holding meetings, sending
delegations etc.

Know It! The Secretariat closely monitors
v The UN Secretary General is international problems and how Secretary General
elected by the General they can be solved. If it feels that Antonio Guterres
Assembly. Find out who an issue should be brought to the notice of the Security
holds this post at present. Council, it takes suitable action.

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

With its headquarters at New York (US), the ECOSOC comprises 54 member-nations.
It makes effort to solve the world’s economic, social, cultural and other humanitarian

problems. It pays special attention to problems like poverty, illiteracy, discrimination
and famine. For this purpose, it brings different countries and organisations in
dialogue so that peaceful solutions can be found. To achieve its purposes, it launches a
number of schemes and programmes for general welfare of people in different
countries. The session of the ECOSOC is held twice a year.

The International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice is the court of law of the UN. It comprises 15 judges

who are elected for a period of nine years. Its headquarters are located at The Hague in
the Netherlands. If member-nations bring before it any international problem, it gives
its verdict. It gives advice on matters of international law. It settles any disputes that
arise between/among countries.

Many Indians have been appointed as judges of the International Court of Justice. At
present, Judge Dalveer Bhandari is one of the judges there.

Know It!

v Pakistan caught one Indian, Kulbhushan Jadhav, on charges of espionage and sentenced him to death. At
this, India took this case to the International Court of Justice which accepted India’s petition.

Trusteeship Council
The aim of forming the Trusteeship Council was to help the nations and territories
which were then being ruled by the colonial powers. It had been assigned eleven of
them as trusts. All these trusts have become independent, so this organ is not working
at the moment.

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