UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS a) Estd. on Oct 24, 1945 (during establishment 51 member countries) b) At present 192 member countries. Youngest member is Montenegro. c) UN General Secretary: Ban Ki Moon (South Korea, he is 8th ) d) Six Principal Organs of UN are: 1. The General Assembly: 2. The Security Council 3. Economic and Social Council 4. Trusteeship Council 5. International Court of Justice 6. The Secretariat: e) First UN General Secretary: Trygve Lie (Norway) f) Nepal’s Permanent Representative to UN is Gyan Chandra Acharya g) Official Languages of UN (6): (i) Arabic, (ii) Chinese, (iii) English, (iv) French, (v) Russian, and (vi) Spanish. In the Security Council, only English and French are used as working languages. h) Headquarters of UN are located in New York which officially opened on January 9, 1951. i) The United States is the largest contributor to UN budget. The other major contributors to the regular UN budget for 2006 are USA (22%), Japan (16.62%). j) Contribution of SAARC countries of UN budget: India (0.459%), Pakistan (0.063), Sri Lanka (0.017%), Bangladesh (0.01%), Nepal (0.004%), Maldives (0.001%), Bhutan (0.001%), Afghanistan (0.002%). k) Nepal: UN Security Council Non-Permanent Member-1969-70, 1988-89
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