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The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. The UN was founded in 1945 to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between nations and provide a platform for dialogue.

There are now 192 member states, including almost every recognized independent state. From its headquarters on international territory within New York City, the UN and its specialized agencies decide on substantive and administrative issues in regular meetings held throughout the year. The organization is divided into administrative bodies, primarily:
*The General Assembly (the main deliberative assembly);
*The Security Council (decides certain resolutions for peace and security);
*The Economic and Social Council (assists in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development);
*The Secretariat (provides studies, information, and facilities needed by the UN);
*The International Court of Justice (the primary judicial organ).
Additional bodies deal with the governance of all other UN System agencies, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) 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.

The UN is financed from assessed and voluntary contributions from member states, and has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

Quotes about United Nations

  1. “ The UN Charter states that the peoples of the United Nations are determined to practice tolerance and live together in peace. We need to emphasize the responsibility of member states to do all in their power to promote tolerance and respect. Eventually, however, we will need to build a larger platform based upon tolerance, which stresses the fundamental equality of all cultural traditions, religions and faiths, and the essential truth that all human beings are equal before their creator. ”
    In Every major religion has a home in India: Ahamed
  2. “ While respecting the right of citizens to demonstrate peacefully, preventing access to U.N. offices hinders the vital work being carried out by the United Nations each day to help the people of Sri Lanka. ”
    In UN objects to Colombo protest

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  2. Bhutanese refugees' American dream

    Explore Article newsweek.washingtonpost.com (Jul 22 2010) Human Rights

    ...porting that ethnic and religious cleansing has left over 100,000 Bhutanese refugees crammed into a United Nations administered dusty and barren no-man's land in Southeastern Nepal for nearly two decades. Nightmare... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Canada   Hindu Temple of Minnesota   America

  3. Nepal: Discrimination Verdicts Will Be Enforced

    Explore Article Scoop (Jul 21 2010) Human Rights

    ... ... Nepal: Discrimination Verdicts Will Be Enforced Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:41 pm Press Release: United Nations Nepal: UN Receives Assurances That Discrimination Verdicts Will Be Enforced New York, Jul 21 2010 1... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   New York   Baitadi   United Nations

  4. Hindraf calls for merit-based education system

    Explore Article Free Malaysia Today (Jul 16 2010) Human Rights

    ...ndian community and the country at large,” he told FMT. Last month, Waythamoorthy brought up to the United Nations the BN government’s perceived systematic discrimination of Indian students for over half a century.... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Unesco   United Malays National Organization   UN Human Rights Council

  5. UN objects to Colombo protest

    Explore Article The Hindu (Jul 7 2010) Human Rights

    ... LTTE. ... U.N. objects to Colombo protest B. Muralidhar Reddy Share · print · T+ · T- The United Nations on Wednesday strongly objected to Tuesday's protests outside its offices in Colombo by a Cabinet Mi... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Colombo   United Nations   U.N.

  6. UN approves new body to promote women's equality

    Explore Article The Hindu (Jul 2 2010) Human Rights

    ...l Asha-Rose Migiro called the vote “historic,” saying U.N. Women will for the first time give the United Nations a “single recognized driver” to direct and accelerate progress towards the goals of women’s. “We ha... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Rwanda   Radhika Coomaraswamy   European Union

  7. UN political chief visits Sri Lanka, focussing on human rights and reconciliation

    Explore Article Lethbridge Herald (Jun 16 2010) Human Rights

    UN political chief visits Sri Lanka, focussing on human rights and reconciliation ...o fled their homes during the fighting and are now being resettled. He assured the people that "the United Nations is doing everything it can to help you to get back to a normal life now that this tragic war is ove... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Gamini Peiris   National Security Council   United Nations

  8. Hindraf takes its human rights fight to UN

    Explore Article Free Malaysia Today (Jun 9 2010) Human Rights

    ...hankar GEORGE TOWN: The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) has lodged an official complaint to the United Nations on alleged discrimination ... By Athi Shankar GEORGE TOWN: The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   UN Human Rights Council   United Nations   Paris

  9. Sri Lankan truth panel meets

    Explore Article Home @The Hindu (Jun 5 2010) Human Rights

    ...the constitution of the Commission came even as the government is engaged in a verbal duel with the United Nations over the decision of the world body's Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to appoint a panel of experts t... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam   Reconciliation Commission   Sri Lanka

  10. Pakistan Ratifies Convention on Civil and Political Rights

    Explore Article Religion Clause (Jun 4 2010)

    ...ociated Press of Pakistan yesterday. The instruments of ratification will now be deposited with the United Nations. The ICCPR includes protections for freedom of religion, thought and conscience, including the righ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   United Nations   Asif Ali Zardari   Pakistan

  11. Only 2% Kashmiris want to join Pak: Survey

    Explore Article ZeeNews (May 28 2010)

    Only 2% Kashmiris want to join Pak: Survey ...eople in Pakistani occupied Kashmir favour independence, and 43 percent on the Indian side Kashmir. United Nations resolutions soon after the partition of the sub-continent in 1947 called for a plebiscite to determ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   United Nations   Chatham House   Pakistan

  12. Pressured From All Sides in Pakistan's Swat Valley

    Explore Article t r u t h o u t (May 18 2010) Human Rights

    ...-scale military operation in the Swat District of Pakistan to confront militants in the region. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the operation led to one of the largest and fastest dis... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Saudi Arabia   Unhcr   Pakistan Human Rights Commission

  13. International Day of Families to be observed on May 15

    Explore Article Citizen Journalism in India (May 10 2010) Human Rights

    ...is entitled to protection by society ... International Day of Families to be observed on May 15 The United Nations adopted 15 May as the International Day of Families in the year 1994. This day is meant to highligh... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ministry of Law   National Commission for Women   World Health Organization

  14. Why Pakistan Produces Jihadists

    Explore Article online.wsj.com (May 4 2010) Terrorism

    ...cholar Muhammad Asad—an Austrian Jew born Leopold Weiss—became an early Pakistani ambassador to the United Nations. The Egyptian Said Ramadan, son-in-law of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna, made Pakistan... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Hassan al-Banna   America   Abdul Qadeer Khan

  15. Why the Dalai Lama Matters - interview with Bob Thurman

    Explore Article Welcome to Phayul.com (Apr 28 2010) Human Rights

    ...nity, a democratic civil society with as a proper representation for all people of the world in the United Nations and with China as a major factor, but as an equal, not as a conqueror. In order to bring the (Chine... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Asia   America   Kashmir

  16. The Varieties of Atheist Experience

    Explore Article Philosophy Now (Apr 21 2010) Human Rights

    The Varieties of Atheist Experience ... of human rights.” A religion? In issuing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 did the United Nations become some kind of religious organization? Following James’ semantic strategy would rule out not o... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Oxford   Daniel Dennett   Augustine

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