SS3 First Term Government Lesson Note – International Organization

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WEEK 10

TOPIC: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION

CONTENT

(a). International organisations

1. United Nations (UN)
2. African Union (AU)
3. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
4. Common Wealth of Nations (former British colonies, dominions and United Kingdom)
5. United Nations Development Project (UNDP)
6. Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
7. United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
8. World Health Organisation (WHO)
9. UNICEF

(b). Origin (c) Aims and objectives (d) Achievements for each of the organisation

SUB TOPIC 1: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

International organizations are organisation set up to cater for the interest of independent nations. They provide services needed by different members of the organisation e.g UNO, ECOWAS, AU etc.

1. UNITED NATIONS (UN) – ORIGINS

After the First World War (1914 – 1918), the participants in the war through their experience establish on international organisation called the League of Nations in 1919 to ensure that there will not be only other outbreak of war, promote world peace and security. It headquarters was at General intermediately, there was another outbreak of war in the world and that was the Second World War (1939 – 1945). This shows the inefficiency of the League of Nations and the need to establish another organisation. This desire led to the establishment of United Nations Organisation UNO in 1945 to replace the League of Nations.

The major founding countries were four namely: Britain, USA, and China. The following for the establishment of UNO; the London conference declaration of 1941, the Atlantic charter of 1942, the Moscow conference of 1943.

The draft of UNO was prepared by the founding held at dumbartion oaks near Washington in 1944. A meeting of fifty nations was held the following year, 1945 in Sari-Francsico, America where the draft was discussed modified and finally the meeting ended with the signing of the Atlantic charter which gave birth to the United Nations Organisation. The headquarters of the organisation is in New York, USA.

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