United+Nations+Research

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 * The United Nations are the first ones to help when countries and areas are in danger in need of clean water and vaccines. The birth of the United Nations occurred after World War II to find peace. There are nearly 192 countries involved and 15 members in the security council. The United Nations major goal is to keep peace within areas and attempt to come to an agreement for peace. There are eight major millennium development goals formed by world leaders such as to end extreme poverty, combat disease and hunger, promote equality, and ensure environmental stability. It is important for us to address these issues because in the future it will affect the next generations. It is important that there is shelter and protection for everybody.**

http://www.un.org/en/aboutun/index.shtml
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 * More than 100,000 UN peacekeepers in 16 peace operations
 * Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russia and Spanish are the UN official languages
 * Since 1945, the UN has assisted in negotiating more than 170 peace settlements that have ended regional conflicts

http://www.funtrivia.com/en/World/United-Nations-5875.html
 * Russia, USA, France, People's Republic of China and UK have been the 5 permanent seats in the Security Council
 * Between 1948-2005 the UN members spent over $40 billion in total of peacekeeping operations
 * Created on October 24, 1945 to prevent another tragedy similar to World War II

President of the UN: Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz-alnasser For-runner of UN --> League of Nations --> promote international cooperation Met in San Francisco --> draw chart for UN Create over 300 treaties and agreements Over 30 million have been affected or helped by the UN after war, famine, disaster