Al Jazeera English
| May 8, 2013
The United Nations has 60 days to respond with compensation before being hauled to court by lawyers representing cholera victims in Haiti who have filed a complaint that the devastating disease was brought to the nation by UN workers stationed the...
Euronews
| May 6, 2013
Google's decision last week to label its home page in the Palestinian territories "Palestine" has hit Israeli officials' last nerve, and delighted Palestinians who see it as one more step in their bid for statehood. "They can do Google 'Never Neve...
Al Jazeera English
| May 2, 2013
The famine in Somalia then ended last year killed almost 260,000 people, twice as many as previously thought, the UN says. Half of the victims were children under five. UN officials say the death toll was so high because early warnings failed to t...
Al Jazeera English
| Apr 25, 2013
The United Nations is sending a 12,600-strong peacekeeping force to Mali but France isn't ending its intervention in its former colony. French troops will stay to conduct offensive operations against Islamist rebels for as long as necessary, Franc...
Al Jazeera English
| Apr 16, 2013
Inside Story examines the ongoing issues facing a fragile peace in Somalia as rebels attack at the heart of the government machine. Host Hazem Sika is joined by guests: Augustine Mahiga, the United Nations special representative for Somalia, and h...
Euronews
| Apr 14, 2013
Images have been released by the UNHCR showing the living conditions of refugees who have fled the conflict in the Central African Republic to camps in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The United Nations believes that 30,000 people have taken...
Euronews
| Apr 10, 2013
In a major setback to efforts to bring stability to South Sudan, five peacekeepers from India and seven civilian United Nations staff were killed when unidentified attackers ambushed their convoy near the border with Sudan.
Al Jazeera English
| Apr 9, 2013
The United Nations is coming under heavy fire for how it deals with charges of wrongdoing. American James Wasserstrom was forced out of his job after he complained about corruption. A judge who called Wasserstrom's treatment "appalling" has awarde...
Euronews
| Apr 5, 2013
The people of Gaza are facing yet more hardship after the United Nations' chief humanitarian agency suspended operations in response to protestors angered by aid cutbacks storming its headquarters. Around two-thirds of Gaza's population depends on...
eNews Channel Africa
| Mar 30, 2013
Days after the UN approved its first-ever combat force for deployment in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN is now issuing an ultimatum to the DRC government. The UN has given the government until Tuesday to find the culprits behind a series...
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The United Nations is the world's largest, foremost, and most prominent international organization. The stated aims of the United Nations include promoting and facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, political freedoms, democracy, and the achievement of lasting 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.
At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; as of 2011, there are 193. 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 Security Council; the Economic and Social Council; the Secretariat; the International Court of Justice; and the United Nations Trusteeship Council. Other prominent UN System agencies include the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and United Nations Children's Fund. The UN's most prominent position is that of the office of Secretary-General which has been held by Ban Ki-moon of South Korea since 2007.
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