United Nations

President of the United States = Barrack Obama

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom = David Cameron

President of Russia = Dimitri Medvedev

President of France = Nicholas Sarkozy

President of China = Hu Jintao

A veto power in the UN Security Council's context is a power to say "no" to any pre-resolutions if they in their opinion may think is not fit to passed and become a resolution. Answering the question, the permanent members of the Security Council shall have the veto powers. There are 5 permanent members which are: a) United States of America

b) United Kingdom

c) Russian Federation

d) France

e) China And besides having this veto power, the 5 permanent members shall have rights and been recognize in possesing nuclear weapons under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Because they wanted to improve their international standing post-WWII and were granted massive powers in the UNSC.

Bicameral legislature (The General Assembly). Oldest continuous English speaking law making body in the world.

Israel was declared an independent Jewish State on May 14, 1948.

However, the phrasing of the question makes implicit assumptions that must be dealt with.

It would seem from the way that the question is written that Palestine was a country and then one day, and was renamed Israel the next day. This is not the case. Palestine was a territorial name in the same way that the Riviera in southwestern Europe is a territorial name. It just happens that some of the Riviera is in France and some in Italy. Israel was a state that declared independence in that territory, which was a British Mandate at the time. There were still areas of Palestine that did not become part of Israel. Most of the Arab Palestinians did not consider Israel to be their state and would later identify with the Palestinian State declared in absentia in 1988 and recognized in the Oslo Accords of 1993.

The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Nations is in London, England.

Yes, Russia and China are Empires.

But many European countries have oversea territories which are still ruled by them

The British Commonwealth an the Francaphone are what the French and British Empires evolved into.

Denmark still own Greenland aswell

Trygve Halvdan was the first leader of a united Russian nation.

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Commonly refered to as Ban Ki-Moon internationally, Ki Moon Ban is the 8th Secretary General of hte United Nations. He is the first Korean to hold that post.

Prior to the his work at the United Nations, he was the Foreign Minister for South Korea.

Yes the United Nations has intervened in the Israeli - Arab conflicts. The most recent time several years ago when the UN authorized placing French "observers" in southern Lebanon to make sure no missiles could be fired into Israel.

This action failed as missiles were launched into Israel from southern Lebanon. The result was an invasion of Lebanon by Israel. Also Israel launched air attacks on Beirut.

They opposed the war effort.

The war was a multilateral invasion by the US, without UN Security Council support.

The United Nations was used as a spark point for protests - On the 9th of November, 1965, Catholif Worker Movement member Roger Allen LaPorte self-immolated in front of the UN HQ building in New York City.

In fairness to America, the situation in the Security Council would have meant that a UNSC Resolution would have been nearly impossible.

The countries that have a permanent seat at the UNSC are China, Russia, USA, UK and France.

They hoped international cooperation might prevent global conflict.

The main role of the UN is to serve as a forum where nations may solve any issues affecting the realtions between them, it is not an organization empowered to solve situations by itself, all depends on the participation, good will and cooperation of the member nations themselves.

The World Health Organization began in 1948. This United Nations agency traces its origins to the League of Nations and its own health organization.

These countries could be called Serfdoms, Third-world countries, states, territories, Provinces, or Lands.

See website: Korean War

US Army General Douglas MacArthur; later US Army General Ridgeway.

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efforts to defend south Korea and restore peace

Yes, Argentina is a member of the United Nations.