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United Nations

Organs

1945
New York City, New York, U.S.

The UN system is based on five principal organs: the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the International Court of Justice, and the UN Secretariat. A sixth principal organ, the Trusteeship Council, suspended operations on 1 November 1994, upon the independence of Palau, the last remaining UN trustee territory.


United Nations (UN) General Assembly hall at the UN Headquarters, New York City
UN Security Council Chamber in New York
United Nations Economic and Social Council chamber at United Nations headquarters
The Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, seat of the ICJ
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