UN System Session 3 WS22/23

What/Who provides the decisive rules for membership in International Organisations?

• heads of states

• the constituent treaty

• the UN-Charter

• the US Supreme Court

The admission-criteria to the UN require states to…

• be peace-loving

• be able but unwilling to carry out obligations

• give up their sovereignty

• ignore the obligations of the Charter

The admission to the UN…

• is effected by a decision of the General Assembly

• is effected by a decision of the Security Council

• doesn't require any preconditions

• needs the acceptance of all MS

A suspension of membership rights from the UN…

• can be decided by the Security Council  

• is not possible

• is possible to support enforcement actions

• cannot be restored

If a MS does not pay its financial contribution of two full years or more…

• it can be excluded from the right to vote in the GA

• it is expelled from the UN

• it is suspended from the sessions of the GA

• it gets into serious trouble with the German tax office

Withdrawal from the UN…

• has been accomplished by Indonesia

• is enshrined in Art. 6 UN-Charter

• is possible due to the sovereign equality of MS

• is not foreseen

According to Art. 6 UNC a MS may be expelled if…

• it has tried to withdraw

• it has persistently violated the principles of the Charter

• it has missed the GA sessions more than three times

•   the US deems it necessary

The question who can represent a state in the UN is decided…

• by flipping a coin

• by the Security Council

• by consulting an oracle

• by the Credentials Committee

Which of the following statements concerning succession are true?

• a state can succeed in the rights/duties of another state

• the rules of succession are not codified

• the World Succession Organisation decides upon each case

• the succession in membership in IOs occurs automatically

International rules on succession are…

• codified in the UN-Charter

• non-existent

• guided by the principle of automatic succession

• existent, but very little uniform rules