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9731/01/HCI/PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION/2014 2 Section A You must answer Question 1. The United Nations General Assembly 1. Read the sources and then answer the question. Source A Article 12 1. While the Security Council is exercising in respect of any dispute or situation the functions assigned to it in the present Charter, the General Assembly shall not make any recommendation with regard to that dispute or situation unless the Security Council so requests. 2. The Secretary-General, with the consent of the Security Council, shall notify the General Assembly at each session of any matters relative to the maintenance of international peace and security which are being dealt with by the Security Council and shall similarly notify the General Assembly, or the Members of the United Nations if the General Assembly is not in session, immediately the Security Council ceases to deal with such matters. Extract of Chapter 4 from the UN Charter Source B What are the reasons for the disappointments and shortcomings of the United Nations? Why Mr President do we hear cynical assertions that the United Nations —has ceased to be relevant —that all it does is pass resolutions —that disputes brought before it are prolonged not resolved —that collective action by such a disparate body of nations will of necessity always be weak and ineffective. The answer is two-fold. Wishful thinking has led some people to believe that the United Nations was intended to be a kind of World Government! It may be a kind of Parliament of the world but it is not, and never can be, a Government of the world. Its structure limits what it can do. Secondly, when we ask about shortcomings we should start by looking at