Now you are really starting to get into the detail of the UN. We cover a lot in this lesson, from Landmark documents to thinking about how the Security Council now functions quite differently in terms of expanded authority and scope since the end of the cold war.
The we take a look at simple and yet very useful instruments the UN produces in terms of its International Days, Weeks, Years and Decades that give you additional ways to bring attention to bear on issues that your NGO works on that leverages the weight of the UN! Enjoy.

Links

The UN Treaty Collection
— https://treaties.un.org/

Landmark Documents

1945: The United Nations Charter
— https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter

1948: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
— https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

1950: Uniting for Peace
— ares377e

1979: Verbatim Record of the 107th Plenary Meeting, 34th Session of the GA
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
— A/34/PV/107e

2000: Millennium Declaration (& The MDGs)
— https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/422015?ln=en

2015: SDGs
— https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3923923?ln=en

Homework

• Have you read the UDHR? Do you know what it says?
• What about the GA Resolution/377 Uniting For Peace?
• What do you know about the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women? Even if your organization is not focused on women’s issues, is there any relevance or strategic importance?