UN / United Nations Organization
March 92010
The United Nations Organization (UNO) or simply United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions.
There are currently 192 member states, including nearly every sovereign state in the world. From its offices around the world, the UN and its specialized agencies decide on substantive and administrative issues in regular meetings held throughout the year. The organization has six principal organs: the General Assembly (the main deliberative assembly); the Security Council (for deciding certain resolutions for peace and security); the Economic and Social Council (for assisting in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development); the Secretariat ; the International Court of Justice (the primary judicial organ); and the United Nations Trusteeship Council (which is currently inactive). Other prominent UN System agencies include the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The UN’s most visible public figure is the Secretary-General, currently Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, who attained the post in 2007. The organization is financed from assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states, and has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
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Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General for UNIDO, discusses agriculture and forestry climate solutions at the 25x’25 National Summit.
Da Ali G Show – episode UN Security Chamber.
All Praise is due to Allah the most High.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization talks to George Fernandez, President of MIJARC (http://www.mijarc.org/), about the vital role that youth play in breaking the cycle of hunger and poverty.
The defamation of religions resolution is backed by the organization of the islamic conference OIC. It proposes that the united nations (UN) condemn defamation of religious ideas as a human rights violation.
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The story of how the UN Country Team in Tanzania is changing the way it provides development assistance in order to “Deliver as One.”