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•' OCTOBER 24TH IS UNITED NATIONS DAY 3901
By Presidential Proclamation October 24th has been designated as United Nations
Day in the United States.
",;.The United Nations has clearly demonstrated its capacity to act as a force
for peace and human advancement, and has provided a dynamic spirit which is leading
the nations of the world along the road to human progress. . . . It is available to
assist all nations and peoples in their efforts to combat hunger, disease,& despaii
....the United States strongly supports the United Nations....and considers that
this world organization is an indispensable instrument of international peace, ecav
omic improvement, and social development....whose Charter is rooted in ideas and
aspirations which we share with freedom-loving peoples in all parts of the world,
the President said in his Proclamation.
The United Nations has six principal organs: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY consists of
all the U.N. Members. It may discuss any matters within the scope of the Charter.
THE SECURITY COUNCIL consists of 11 U.N. Members, five of which—China, France,the
U.S.3.R., the U.K., and the U.S. — are permanent members. The Council has primary
responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. THE ECONOMIC ano
SOCIAL COUNCIL promotes economic and social progress as well as world cultural and
educational cooperation. THE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL carries out U.tf.functions regard
ing the trust territories, with a view to helping them develop eventual self-govan
ment and insuring the political, economic, social, and educational advancement
the inhabitants as well as their just treatment and protection against abuses. The
* INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE is the principal judicial organ. All U.N. Members
are automatically parties to the Court's statute. The Court can deal with subjects
voluntarily submitted to it by both members and nonmembers of the United Nations.
% States can agree to accept the Court's jurisdiction unconditionally or with condit- ,
iens or reservations that do not conflict with the Court's Statute. The SECRETARIAT
is the administrative arm of the U.N. It services the other organs and implements !
the various U.N. programs and policies. At its head is the Secretary-General who
is appointed for a 5 year term by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the ,
Security Council. He, in turn, appoints the staff of the Secretariat, each member *
which, whatever his nationality, is an international civil servant, (
THE UNITED NATIONS — GUARDIAN OF PEACE FOR THE WORLD