United Nations (UN)

EENI- School of International Business

Subject: The United Nations. The Economic and Social Council. Syllabus:

  1. Introduction to the United Nations (UN)
  2. The Structure and Organisation
  3. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
  4. The main bodies of the United Nations (UN)
  5. Agencies, programs, and subsidiary bodies of the United Nations
  6. Specialised Agencies of the United Nations
  7. The Secretariat of the United Nations
  8. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
  9. The United Nations System
  10. Human Development
  11. The Millennium Development Goals
  12. The Global Compact of the United Nations
  13. The United Nations Convention Against Corruption
  14. The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1949)
  15. The Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery (1956)

The objectives of the subject “The United Nations (UN)” are the following:

  1. To understand the purposes and structure of the United Nations (UN)
  2. To know the role of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
  3. To explore the United Nations System
  4. To understand the role of the United Nations on human development in the world
  5. To know the specialised agencies, programs, agreements and subsidiary organs of the United Nations
  6. To know how to analyse the socioeconomic information offered by different portals of the UN
The subject “The United Nations” is studied...
  1. Professional Master's Program in International Business
  2. Master in International Economic Relations (e-learning)

Languages of study English or French Nations Unies Spanish Naciones Unidas

Area of Knowledge: Globalisation.

Sample of the subject - The United Nations:
Global Compact United Nations

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Global Compact EENI EENI adhesion to the Global Compact of the United Nations.

Description of the Subject: The United Nations

The United Nations was created in 1945 by fifty-one countries with the objective of maintaining peace through the international cooperation and global security. Every nation belongs to the United Nations.

The United Nations consists of the:

  1. The General Assembly
  2. The Security Council
  3. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
  4. The Trusteeship Council
  5. The Secretariat

All these institutions are based at in New York. The International Court of Justice is in the Hague (the Netherlands).

The mission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is to coordinate the economic and social work of the United Nations. As the central forum for debate International economic, foreign trade, and social topics and formulating policy suggestions, the Economic and Social Council plays a key function in the encouragement international cooperation.

  1. Conference on Trade and Development
  2. International Trade Centre

United Nations

The United Nations System

The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and twelve other institutions (“specialised agencies”) are linked to the United Nations through agreements. All these institutions have their regulations, budgets, and secretariats. Together with the United Nations (UN); they are known as the United Nations System

  1. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
  2. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
  3. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
  4. The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
  5. The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

Vienna Convention

United Nations Specialised Agencies

The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam

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