Remote Learning Task Sheet

Australian International Academy, Kellyville

Year Level: 10 Subject: HSIE

Title: Revision: Making a Nation
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Week 3

Unit of Work: Rights and Freedom

CLOZE ACTIVITY: Fill in the blanks – the correct words will be highlighted in RED on the
lesson PowerPoint.
The United Nations (UN)
The United Nations was created in 1945, with 51 founding members. It was created as a
result of the horrors experienced in World War II.
The United Nations was broken down into 6 factions, or rather, 6 organs.
These organs are:
 The General Assembly
 The Security Council
 The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
 The Trusteeship Council
 The International Court of Justice
 The Secretariat

The United Nations (UN): The Organs

GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General assembly contains representatives of all member states (193 countries), and is
the UN’s main discussion and policy -making forum.
It meets under the leadership of the President or the secretary -General.
THE SECURITY COUNCIL
The Security Council consists of five permanent members (The big 5) and ten members who
serve for two years at a time.
The permanent members were those who were thought to be the most influential countries,
and reflected those who came out on top at the completion of World War II
These countries are: The USA, United Kingdom, Russia, France and China.
This organ is responsible for maintaining peace and security on an international level, and the
big 5 countries can veto (deny) any resolution that is brought to them.
The ten non-permanent members are brought in through an election, in which all members of
the general assembly (193 countries) take a vote.

TASK 1: Answer the below questions:

QUESTION: Who are the permanent members of the Security Council?
USA, Russia, France, China, UK

QUESTION: Why could having permanent members in the UN, be a bad idea?
Smaller countries won’t really get a voice and their problems are different compared to
bigger countries and the larger countries may not know or understand these problems.

THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC)

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This council has 54 members with 3 year terms, who organise the UN’s social and economic
program.
This section also promotes human rights.
THE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL
Established to administer trust territories: a non-self-governing territory can be placed under
an administrative authority by the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations.
This council contains the 5 permanent members of the security Council.
This council will only get together if required.
THE SECRETARIAT
This is the administrative organ of the UN, and is headed by the Secretary-General, currently
Anttonio Guterres of Uruguay.
The Secretary-General is the main spokesperson of the UN, and can have their five year term
renewed without question.
The Secretary-General leads most meetings, creates an annual report, and addresses the
Security Council on matters that threaten the peace of the world. The Secretary-General
must remain impartial when addressing the UN in matters of international politics, as they
must mediate conflicts during international meetings.

TASK 2: Answer the below questions:

QUESTION: Who is the current Secretary-General?
Antonio Guterres of Uruguay.

QUESTION: Why might the Secretary-General have one of the hardest jobs in the
world today?
Mediate conflicts

THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Run by 15 independent judges who serve 9 years at a time.
When countries disagree on borders, international treaties are breached, or legally binding
promises are not kept between countries, then they are able to take their grievances to the
international court of justice.

TASK 3: Answer the below question:

QUESTION: If, China is upset with Russia over where the border to their countries
should be, what should China do?
Contact the International court of justice to solve the issue.

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TASK 4: Mix and Match: Which role belongs to which organ? Cut and paste to place
the correct answers where they belong.

ORGAN RESPONSIBILITY

SECRETARIAT This organ is in charge of mediating

disputes during UN meetings
TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL This organ rarely meets, and administers
trust territories
GENERAL ASSEMBLY This organ is the largest, and makes
international policies
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL This organ is in charge of human rights

SECURITY COUNCIL This organ is in charge of maintaining

world peace
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE This organ is in charge of trialling legal
disputes between countries

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was created in 1948.
The committee creating the UDHR included Eleanor Roosevelt (Chairman) and Australian
Doctor Evatt.
The UDHR includes 30 articles, which are 30 rights that every person in the world should
have a right to.
These articles include the right to:
 Own property
 Religious choice, social security, work and cultural choice
 Protection against unemployment and reasonable working conditions
 Rest and leisure
 Free education

TASK 5: Answer the below questions:

QUESTION: What does the UDHR stand for?
Write your answer here…

QUESTION: How many rights are in the UDHR?

30

QUESTION: Name at least 2 rights.

Free education and Rest and leisure

Australia’s contribution: Dr Evatt

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Dr Evatt was the youngest high court judge to serve in Australia in the early 1900’s.
In 1945, when the UN first formed, he was Australia’s main representative during the
creation of the UN’s mandate and creation of the UN’s six organs.
Evatt had a hand in ensuring that smaller nations were heard fairly when drafting the
mandate for the UN.
Evatt supported the idea and creation of the UDHR, despite the conflicting interests of
Australia at the time.
These include the White Australia Policy, which was still in operation, exclusion of
Indigenous people from voting, being counted in the census, and children were still being
stolen from Indigenous families (ended 1970).
He wanted the UDHR to be legally binding, and legally enforced. The UDHR is still an
optional agreement.
However, some of Australia’s laws and policies were altered to include UN conventions and
articles from the UDHR to reflect the equity expressed by the forming of the UDHR. These
include:
 The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC)
 The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Act 1986
 The Racial Discrimination Act 1975
 The Sex Discrimination Act 1984

TASK 6: Answer the below question:

QUESTION: Despite Australia’s support of the UDHR created in 1948, what did
Australian government fail to do in regards to upholding the UDHR?
Failed to reflect the equity. They didn’t give rights to the people within their own country.

Submission Guideline:

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