United Nations
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Introduction
What? |
The United Nations is the largest and most important existing international organization. As the founding Charter declares in its Preamble, it was established...
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When? |
The organization was established in 1945 as a collective response to the years of destructions of the Second World War. It was not the first attempt to find a way to mediate between countries; the first (unsuccessful) attempt had been the creation of the League of Nations. You can learn more here.
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Where? |
The Headquarters is in New York City, but its agencies can be based in other countries. The Headquarters is where the General Assembly takes place.
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Who? |
The member states are currently 193. A few countries are not recognized as states but participate as "Observers" with limited powers; two examples are the Holy Seat (Città del Vaticano) and Palestine.
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The UN Agencies
The United Nations has several agencies that take care of specific areas. Some of them are very famous, like UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), while others are not so well-known. Italy hosts a number of agencies:
- FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) in Rome
- WFP (World Food Programme) in Rome
- IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development)
Agenda 2030: 17 Sustainable Development Goals
Challenges
At the time of writing (2020), the most relevant challenge to the existence of the United Nations is maybe the inversion of the trend towards generally accepted globalization and the new inclination towards a new kind of nationalism. The following TED video is already 3 years old but is more relevant today than when it was recorded. The protagonist is world-famous historian Yuval Noah Harari.
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