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.^ The horizons of democracy, of human rights, of national dignity, and of economic progress have all been extended.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ While the maintenance of international peace and security is a primary objective of the United Nations, it is not its sole purpose.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ These, as well as international organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can only become United Nations General Assembly observers, allowed to speak, but not vote, in General Assembly meetings.- Countries in the United Nations - Worldometers 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.worldometers.info [Source type: Original source]
.^ Instead of a united body of nations determined to counter aggression from any quarter, the world was divided first between ideologies, then between newly independent states and the traditional powers, and then between rich countries and poor.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ She goes on to explain how foreign nationals enjoy immunity from punishment, and how no one is prosecuted if a brothel is raided and UN police are found inside.
^ Of course, in the current crisis, we have enjoyed a level of support from the Soviet Union unprecedented in the post-World War II era.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization, are able and willing to carry out these obligations.- Countries in the United Nations - Worldometers 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.worldometers.info [Source type: Original source]
^ A reform audit should also examine whether some of the functions of the United Nations can be carried out more efficiently by other organizations.- A Miasmia of Corruption: The United Nations at 50 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.cato.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Available evidence coupled with the United Nations' unwillingness to undergo a thorough audit raise serious questions about its mission and the means used to carry it out.- A Miasmia of Corruption: The United Nations at 50 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.cato.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ There are currently 192 Member States in the United Nations.- Countries in the United Nations - Worldometers 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.worldometers.info [Source type: Original source]
^ However, although today all UN members are fully sovereign states, four of the original members (Belarus, India, the Philippines, and Ukraine) were not independent at the time of their admission.- Countries in the United Nations - Worldometers 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.worldometers.info [Source type: Original source]
^ Also included is a letter of transmittal detailing the State Department report on current U.N. activities, as well as a copy of Truman's official Report to Congress on the state of American activities in the U.N. during the year 1948.- Truman Library: United Nations Online Research File 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.trumanlibrary.org [Source type: Reference]
.^ This year alone, US payments to the UN system (including the UN and specialized agencies and programs but not the World Bank) will total about $700 million.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ UN and many of its specialized and related agencies, International Monetary Fund (IMF), General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), INTELSAT, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ In fields as diverse as nuclear non-proliferation, AIDS research and monitoring, and international terrorism, UN specialized agencies have helped governments take concerted international action.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ A state which is not of the United Nations may become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice on to be determined in each case by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The International Court of Justice shall be the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The United Nations passes Resolution 678.
.^ The United Nations is a global organization that includes nearly every country in the world.- United Nations Systems 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.stopvaw.org [Source type: Academic]
^ These, as well as international organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can only become United Nations General Assembly observers, allowed to speak, but not vote, in General Assembly meetings.- Countries in the United Nations - Worldometers 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.worldometers.info [Source type: Original source]
^ Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization, are able and willing to carry out these obligations.- Countries in the United Nations - Worldometers 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.worldometers.info [Source type: Original source]
.^ Even non-UN member South Korea has done so.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The present Charter, of which the Chinese, French, Russian, English, and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of -the United States of America.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The United States could theoretically pursue that project alone, but without the cooperation of the Japanese, Russians, Germans, French, British, and to a much lesser extent, the Chinese, the UN bureaucracy, as in the past, would be well positioned to stymie a grand audit.- A Miasmia of Corruption: The United Nations at 50 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.cato.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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History
The signing of the
UN Charter in San Francisco, 1945.
.^ To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and .- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ These include: membership, voting procedure and the abuse of the veto in the United Nations, conflict in Greece and Korea, the establishment of an interim committee on peace and security, and the regulation and reduction of conventional armaments.- Truman Library: United Nations Online Research File 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.trumanlibrary.org [Source type: Reference]
^ The various specialized agencies, established by intergovernmental agreement and having wide international responsibilities, as defined in their basic instruments, in economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related fields, shall be brought into relationship with the United Nations in accordance with the provisions of Article 63 .- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The United Nations is under increasing attack by critics in the United States and other countries.- A Miasmia of Corruption: The United Nations at 50 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.cato.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Ban returns to the United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday for a Security Council meeting to discuss coordination of the massive international relief effort under way in Haiti.- UN chief says Haiti worst disaster in decades 23 January 2010 10:22 UTC www.nationalpost.com [Source type: General]
^ UNESCO met to discuss how to preserve world heritage sites, like the Tower of London and the Great Barrier Reef , from the effects of global warming ; the United States said that the organization had no brief to discuss an unproven theory.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ I believe that the continuing efforts spearheaded by the government of the United States and others to reform the United Nations, testify to our steadfast adherence to the original intent of the framers of the UN Charter.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ IN FAITH WHEREOF the representatives of the Governments of the United Nations have signed the present Charter.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The original Members of the United Nations shall be the states which, having participated in the United Nations Conference on International Organization at San Francisco, or having previously signed the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942, sign the present Charter and ratify it in accordance with Article 110 .- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
[3] .^ Truman addressing the United Nations Conference.- Truman Library: United Nations Online Research File 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.trumanlibrary.org [Source type: Reference]
^ The United Nations began relief operations.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ White House press release, dated April 14, 1945, announcing that Soviet Foreign Secretary Molotov would attend the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco.- Truman Library: United Nations Online Research File 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.trumanlibrary.org [Source type: Reference]
.^ The present Charter shall come into force upon the deposit of by the Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist, the United King- dom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America, and by a majority of the other signatory states.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The Charter gives a special role to the five "permanent members" (China, France, United Kingdom, US, and USSR), any of which can veto a resolution.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ It wants to eliminate the veto for permanent members of the Security Council.
The first meetings of the
General Assembly, with 51 nations represented, and the Security Council, took place in
Westminster Central Hall in London in January 1946.
[4]
.^ Although the UN effort has been slow in becoming organized, there has been an outpouring of pledges of assistance from the international community.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
In the United States, an early opponent of the UN was the
John Birch Society, which began a "get US out of the UN" campaign in 1959, charging that the UN's aim was to establish a "One World Government." After the
Second World War, the
French Committee of National Liberation was late to be recognized by the US as the government of France, and so the country was initially excluded from the conferences that aimed at creating the new organization.
.^ To make sure that the latter would not happen, the UN Security Council--in effect, its five permanent members--was given the power to decide what measures should be taken in case of a threat to the peace.- A Miasmia of Corruption: The United Nations at 50 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.cato.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ American Wilsonian internationalists saw the United Nations as a second--and perhaps final--chance to create a world body that would preserve the peace through collective security.- A Miasmia of Corruption: The United Nations at 50 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.cato.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Finally, they suggest the treaty would bolster U.S. national security.- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
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Organization
.^ The United Nations began relief operations.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ We are a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
^ The UN wants the implementation of UN treaties such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and compulsory jurisdiction over all states by the International Criminal Court.
.^ A summit of world leaders met at the United Nations in New York City .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The International Court of Justice shall be the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ U.S. membership in the United Nations after a four-year transition period.- A Miasmia of Corruption: The United Nations at 50 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.cato.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ A state which is not of the United Nations may become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice on to be determined in each case by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ In fields as diverse as nuclear non-proliferation, AIDS research and monitoring, and international terrorism, UN specialized agencies have helped governments take concerted international action.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The PLO made no other progress in its desire to be accepted as "state" in international agencies.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
Other UN institutions are located throughout the world.
.^ The present Charter, of which the Chinese, French, Russian, English, and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of -the United States of America.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Hans Blix, the head of the United Nations ' inspection commission, negotiated a deal with Iraq to allow the return of weapons inspectors within two weeks.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ A United Nations official in Sudan lamented that violence in Darfur has gotten worse since the signing of a recent peace accord.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Date: Oct 1, 1990 10/1/90 Category: Fact Sheets Country: United States Subject: Trade/Economics , United Nations [TEXT] Background .- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Because the United States pays approximately one quarter of the United Nations' expenses, about 25 percent of Sevan's legal fees will be paid by American taxpayers.- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the US ambassador to the UN during the administration of Gerald Ford, will later admit in his memoirs: “The Department of State desired that the United Nations prove utterly ineffective in whatever measures it undertook [with regard to East Timor].
.^ Location objects provide a representation of their document's current address , and allow the current entry of the browsing context 's session history to be changed, by adding or replacing entries in the history object.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
General Assembly
.^ The General Assembly shall consist of all the Members of the United Nations.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Letters, dated, July 19, 1946, from John Foster Dulles and Michigan Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg to President Harry S. Truman, Dulles thanking Truman for reappointment as an alternate U.S. representative to the United Nations General Assembly, and Vandenberg thanking Truman for a July 18th letter.- Truman Library: United Nations Online Research File 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.trumanlibrary.org [Source type: Reference]
^ With 15 minutes allotted to him, Libyan leader Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi spoke to the General Assembly of the United Nations for more than an hour.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking at the United Nations in New York , proclaimed his love for all the world's peoples, and suggested that the United States halt domestic fuel production and buy its energy from him “at a fifty percent discount.” .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Series of letters, spanning June 1, 1950-June 13, 1950, between Sumner Welles, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, and President Harry S. Truman, initiated by a June 1, 1945 letter from Welles to Wallace in which Welles emphatically stated that the proposed United Nations Charter should provide for a definite date when proposed revisions to the charter be considered by a Constitutional Assembly of all the member states.- Truman Library: United Nations Online Research File 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.trumanlibrary.org [Source type: Reference]
^ January 10, 1949 letter from John Foster Dulles to President Harry S. Truman resigning as a United States representative to the 3rd Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly.- Truman Library: United Nations Online Research File 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.trumanlibrary.org [Source type: Reference]
.^ Attached is correspondence related to Lie's invitation to Truman to address the opening of the 1946 session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, and two notes regarding Truman's meetings with Lie.- Truman Library: United Nations Online Research File 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.trumanlibrary.org [Source type: Reference]
^ Decisions of the General Assembly on important questions shall be made by a two- thirds majority of the members present and voting.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The General Assembly shall consist of all the Members of the United Nations.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The drag-and-drop feedback must be generated from the first of the following sources that is available: .- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ Following these guidelines will also often make your Web content more usable to users in general.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ Statement, dated August 24, 1950, by President Harry S. Truman declaring his nominations for U.S. representatives to the 5th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.- Truman Library: United Nations Online Research File 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.trumanlibrary.org [Source type: Reference]
.^ Statement, dated August 24, 1950, by President Harry S. Truman declaring his nominations for U.S. representatives to the 5th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.- Truman Library: United Nations Online Research File 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.trumanlibrary.org [Source type: Reference]
^ Radiogram, dated January 10, 1946, from William Green of the American Federation of Labor, to James F. Byrnes regretting that the AFL was denied the opportunity to be represented at the United Nations Conference and setting forth the AFL's positions on U.N. organizational issues.- Truman Library: United Nations Online Research File 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.trumanlibrary.org [Source type: Reference]
^ US President Bill Clinton will be the first to sign the treaty, followed by 70 other nations, including Britain, China, France, and Russia.
.^ The general assembly has 53 voting members from Africa compared to 3 voting members from North America.
^ Two days after the opening of the UN General Assembly, and one day after the Taliban defeat, the Security Council adopts Resolution 1378.
^ Countries around the world welcomed those actions, which, together with the major improvement in US-USSR relations, created a positive atmosphere for last year's UN General Assembly.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The General Assembly may discuss any questions or any matters within the scope of the present Charter or relating to the powers and functions of any organs provided for in the present Charter, and, except as provided in Article 12 , may make recommendations to the Members of the United Nations or to the Security Council or to both on any such questions or matters.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ These questions shall include: recommendations with respect to the maintenance of international peace and security, the election of the non-permanent members of the Security Council, the election of the members of the Economic and Social Council, the election of members of the Trusteeship Council in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 86, the admission of new Members to the United Nations, the suspension of the rights and privileges of membership, the expulsion of Members, questions relating to the operation of the trusteeship system, and budgetary questions.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
All other questions are decided by majority vote.
.^ Chance that a U.N. member country other than the U.S. or Israel did not vote for a 1999 ban on “an arms race in space ”: 0 .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Apart from approval of budgetary matters, resolutions are not binding on the members.
.^ The General Assembly may discuss any questions or any matters within the scope of the present Charter or relating to the powers and functions of any organs provided for in the present Charter, and, except as provided in Article 12 , may make recommendations to the Members of the United Nations or to the Security Council or to both on any such questions or matters.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The Economic and Social Council may make or initiate studies and reports with respect to international economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related matters and may make recommendations with respect to any such matters to the General Assembly, to the Members of the United Nations, and to the specialized agencies concerned.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The General Assembly may discuss any questions relating to the maintenance of inter- national peace and security brought before it by any Member of the United Nations, or by the Security Council, or by a state which is not a Member of the United Nations in accordance with Article 35 , paragraph 2, and, except as provided in Article 12 , may make recommendations with regard to any such questions to the state or states concerned or to the Security Council or to both.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ Because the United States pays approximately one quarter of the United Nations' expenses, about 25 percent of Sevan's legal fees will be paid by American taxpayers.- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
^ This Document must then be populated with DOM nodes that represent the tree structure of the input passed to the parser, as defined by the XML specification, the Namespaces in XML specification, and the DOM Core specification.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ When a feature specifically only applies to one of the two languages, it is called out by explicitly stating that it does not apply to the other format, as in "for HTML, ...- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
. However, as no more than recommendations, it is difficult to imagine a situation in which a recommendation by member states constituting just eight percent of the world's population, would be adhered to by the remaining ninety-two percent of the population, should they object.
^ No armies should be needed -- just our United Nations.
^ Within each item with the type vcard , there must be no more than one label property item with a type property whose value is pref .- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ If there is a character in the string input at position position , and it is either a U+0020 SPACE, U+002C COMMA, or U+003B SEMICOLON character, then advance position to the next character in input , or to beyond the end of the string if there are no more characters.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
.^ Other countries froze the assets of those on that list before 9/11, but the US did not (see March 8, 2001 ).
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Security Council
.^ The Security Council resolutions will be enforced—the just demands of peace and security will be met—or action will be unavoidable.
^ I think it's really sweet how they're spreading the love around the member countries of the UN Security Council!- Kathryn Cramer: United Nations 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.kathryncramer.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The UN Charter authorizes the Security Council to facilitate the peaceful settlement of disputes among members of the UN. The 15-member Council meets whenever necessary.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The United Nations passes Resolution 678.
^ Security Council Resolution 435 on Namibia.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Security Council Resolution 431 on Namibia.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The Trusteeship Council shall consist of the following Members of the United Nations: .- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The non-permanent members of the Security Council shall be elected for a term of two years.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The Military Staff Committee consist of the Chiefs of Staff of the permanent members of the Security Council or their representatives.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The Charter gives a special role to the five "permanent members" (China, France, United Kingdom, US, and USSR), any of which can veto a resolution.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ It wants to eliminate the veto for permanent members of the Security Council.
^ They want the veto power of the five permanent members of the Security Council to be abolished, thus reducing the influence of the US at the UN. The UN held a grandiose Millennium Assembly Sept 5-9 2000 in New York City.
.^ Each member of the General Assembly shall have one vote.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The UNGA elects the 10 non-permanent members to serve overlapping 2-year terms.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ A state which is not of the United Nations may become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice on to be determined in each case by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
The presidency of the Security Council is rotated alphabetically each month,
[8] and is held by Gabon for the month of March 2010.
Secretariat
.^ November 1960 Article The untold story of the UN's Congo army By Joseph Kraft SEE ALSO: Afro-Asian politics ; Career as United Nations secretary-general ; Civil War, 1960-1965 ; Hammarskjöld, Dag ; Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes ; United Nations ; Zaire PDF IMAGES .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Hans Blix, the head of the United Nations ' inspection commission, negotiated a deal with Iraq to allow the return of weapons inspectors within two weeks.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The Economic and Social Council may make or initiate studies and reports with respect to international economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related matters and may make recommendations with respect to any such matters to the General Assembly, to the Members of the United Nations, and to the specialized agencies concerned.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The United Nations said the world needed to create 500 million new jobs over the next ten years.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In 1996, the United Nations used some of the Al Qaqaa explosives to destroy a large Iraqi germ warfare facility.
^ It is entirely appropriate for America, as for us, to reserve their position if the United Nations does not meet its responsibilities.” [ BBC, 10/18/2002 ; BBC, 10/18/2002 ] .
.^ The General Assembly and, under its authority, the Trusteeship Council, in carrying out their functions, may: .- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The Economic and Social Council shall perform such functions as fall within its competence in connexion with the carrying out of the recommendations of the General Assembly.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The Secretary-General shall act in that capacity in all meetings of the General Assembly, of the Security Council, of the Economic and Social Council, and of the Trusteeship Council, and shall perform such other functions as are entrusted to him by these organs.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ Due regard shall be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The paramount consideration in the employment of the staff and in the determination of the conditions of service shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ All Members shall give the United Nations every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the present Charter, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any state against which the United Nations is taking preventive or enforcement action.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ In the performance of their duties the Secretary-General and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority externa to the Organization.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to respect the exclusively inter- national character of the responsibilities of the Secretary-General and the staff and not to seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The present Charter shall be ratified by the signatory states in accordance with their respective constitutional processes.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
The Secretary-General alone is responsible for staff selection.
.^ We helped to create the Security Council.
^ He neglects to mention, however, that 297.1(c) requires mandatory dispute resolution if it is alleged that, in exercising its sovereign rights governing resources, the coastal state acts in contravention of international standards "which are applicable to the coastal State and which have been established by this Convention or through a competent international organization or diplomatic conference in accordance with this Convention."- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The General Assembly may consider the general principles of co-operation in the maintenance of international peace and security, including the principles governing disarmament and the regulation of armaments, and may make recommendations with regard to such principles to the Members or to the Security Council or to both.- The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ Harper's Index Source: United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (N.Y.C.) .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Harper's Index Source: U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations (N.Y.C.) .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The Security Council resolutions will be enforced—the just demands of peace and security will be met—or action will be unavoidable.
^ Two days after the opening of the UN General Assembly, and one day after the Taliban defeat, the Security Council adopts Resolution 1378.
^ Kofi Annan , the secretary general of the United Nations , called for an international peacekeeping force in Liberia ; President Bush called for the resignation of President Charles Taylor; Taylor invited Bush to send American troops to make peace.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Secretary-General
The Secretariat is headed by the
Secretary-General, who acts as the
de facto spokesman and leader of the UN. The current Secretary-General is
Ban Ki-moon, who took over from
Kofi Annan in 2007 and will be eligible for reappointment when his first term expires in 2011.
[9].^ Gives the geographical position of the person or organization.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ These goals interlock with the goal of preserving international peace because the UN's founders realized that a peaceful world needed to be a prosperous one, and that prosperity could not be achieved without guarantees of individual rights, chief among which is the right to self-determination.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The Security Council resolutions will be enforced—the just demands of peace and security will be met—or action will be unavoidable.
.^ At the same time, a hopeful agreement on a potential UN role in Cambodia was forged by the permanent members of the Security Council.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The Bush administration disagrees with the United Nations and other member states over what precisely should qualify as a “material breach” of UN Resolution 1441 (see November 8, 2002 ).
^ The UN Charter authorizes the Security Council to facilitate the peaceful settlement of disputes among members of the UN. The 15-member Council meets whenever necessary.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
[9]
.^ Jacques Bernard, director-general of the nine-member electoral council, denied accusations that the council voided many votes for Preval.- Kathryn Cramer: United Nations 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.kathryncramer.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I think it's really sweet how they're spreading the love around the member countries of the UN Security Council!- Kathryn Cramer: United Nations 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.kathryncramer.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Two days after the opening of the UN General Assembly, and one day after the Taliban defeat, the Security Council adopts Resolution 1378.
[13] .^ We are a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
^ The UNGA elects the 10 non-permanent members to serve overlapping 2-year terms.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ In its editorial, Post editors lament: Since that country began serving a term on the U.N. Security Council last year, the government of President Thabo Mbeki has consistently allied itself with the world's rogue states and against the Western democracies.- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
[13]
International Court of Justice
.^ May 1949 Article A warning on world government By Warren R. Austin SEE ALSO: International organization ; 1945-1953 ; United Nations PDF IMAGES .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ No single nation or region can do this alone: it will require comprehensive international cooperation as required by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea."- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The United States has worked with other nations to coordinate an international effort to provide assistance to those desperately in need.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The United Nations began relief operations.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Within the United Nations system, programs, funds and specialized agencies work to improve the conditions of particular populations and oversee the enforcement of specific rights, such as the right to health, through the World Health Organization , and labor rights, through the International Labor Organization .- United Nations Systems 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.stopvaw.org [Source type: Academic]
^ When a country becomes a member of the United Nations, it undertakes the obligations set forth in the Charter of the United Nations , which includes the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all people.- United Nations Systems 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.stopvaw.org [Source type: Academic]
.^ Is the small, but tenacious, opposition rooted in traditional conservative mistrust of international legal bodies, such as the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court?- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
[15]
.^ Harper's Index Source: International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (The Hague, the Netherlands) .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Several of the Court's current judges are either alumni or former faculty members of the Academy. Its purpose is to adjudicate disputes among states. The court has heard cases related to war crimes, illegal state interference and ethnic cleansing, among others, and continues to hear cases.
[16]
.^ This spring, through tenacious commitment to First Amendment values, we were able to join consensus on the two information-policy resolutions that will be brought to the General Assembly for action.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ This related to a report on the situation of the workers in the occupied Arab territories, which has been prepared by the ILO [International Labor Organization] director general since 1978.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ UN and many of its specialized and related agencies, International Monetary Fund (IMF), General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), INTELSAT, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ Slobodan Milosevic refused to undergo a psychiatric evaluation ordered by the U.N. war-crimes tribunal that is trying him for genocide.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ To the best of my ability to check, I established that CAG is not under contract to the UN. Just who is manning those boats?- Kathryn Cramer: United Nations 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.kathryncramer.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ For the first time since the Korean War, the world had engaged in a conflict sanctioned by international law.
.^ Instead of a united body of nations determined to counter aggression from any quarter, the world was divided first between ideologies, then between newly independent states and the traditional powers, and then between rich countries and poor.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ There is no implied relationship between document conformance requirements and implementation conformance requirements.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ When a feature specifically only applies to one of the two languages, it is called out by explicitly stating that it does not apply to the other format, as in "for HTML, ...- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
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Economic and Social Council
.^ Two days after the opening of the UN General Assembly, and one day after the Taliban defeat, the Security Council adopts Resolution 1378.
^ By Dan Mabry Lacy SEE ALSO: Cold War ; Developing countries ; Economic assistance ; Economic assistance, American ; Foreign trade promotion ; International trade ; Investments, American ; United Nations PDF IMAGES .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ We therefore need to equip nations to become resilient to the full range of these natural phenomena by promoting economic growth and wealth generation...- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ The UNGA elects the 10 non-permanent members to serve overlapping 2-year terms.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The W3C TAG has worked on the general issue of "versioning" for many years, and many TAG members may be worn out on the issue.- HTML - W3C Weblog - Category Archives 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC www.w3.org [Source type: General]
^ [DOMRANGE] All of the members of the Selection interface are defined in terms of operations on the Range objects represented by this object.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
.^ The UNGA elects the 10 non-permanent members to serve overlapping 2-year terms.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ A mortar attack on July 17, 1992, hitting a bunker where British minister Douglas Hurd was meeting with Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic.
^ A week consists of a week-year number and a week number representing a seven day period.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
.^ In doing this, however, we must keep in mind that the Philippines has embarked on an economic reform program in cooperation with the IMF [International Monetary Fund] and other donors, including the United States.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ UN and many of its specialized and related agencies, International Monetary Fund (IMF), General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), INTELSAT, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The political leadership of the UN must be matched by the economic leadership of the IMF and the World Bank.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ I can’t imagine an elected United States—elected member of the United States Senate or House of Representatives saying, I think I’m going to wait for the United Nations to make a decision.
.^ An authoring tool that conforms to these guidelines will promote accessibility by providing an accessible user interface to authors with disabilities as well as by enabling, supporting, and promoting the production of accessible Web content by all authors.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ These operations can raise exceptions, as defined for the Range interface; this can therefore result in the members of the Selection interface raising exceptions as well, in addition to any explicitly called out below.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ These categories are related as follows: In addition, certain elements are categorized as form-associated elements and further subcategorized to define their role in various form-related processing models.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
Specialized institutions
.^ Under UN auspices, the US is working with other countries to address issues of worldwide concern.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Although the UN effort has been slow in becoming organized, there has been an outpouring of pledges of assistance from the international community.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The membership of the UN-system agencies appear to agree with the US view that the PLO represents only a political organization which does not have the internationally accepted attributes of statehood.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The result has been a rebirth of the United Nations as well.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Within the United Nations system, programs, funds and specialized agencies work to improve the conditions of particular populations and oversee the enforcement of specific rights, such as the right to health, through the World Health Organization , and labor rights, through the International Labor Organization .- United Nations Systems 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.stopvaw.org [Source type: Academic]
^ UNESCO met to discuss how to preserve world heritage sites, like the Tower of London and the Great Barrier Reef , from the effects of global warming ; the United States said that the organization had no brief to discuss an unproven theory.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The narcotics control agencies of the UN system have been the subject of a comprehensive proposal for reorganization so that their work might become more efficient and effective.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Working through these issues took a certain amount of time.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
Examples include mass vaccination programmes (through the WHO), the avoidance of famine and malnutrition (through the work of the WFP) and the protection of vulnerable and displaced people (for example, by the HCR).
.^ This video of the waiting line outside the COP-15 UN climate conference in Copenhagen on 12/15/09 shows the United Nations is equipped for neither task.- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Nothing.” An Israeli soldier shot and killed a senior United Nations official, Iain John Hook, in the agency's compound in Jenin, in the West Bank.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ UNAIDS, the United Nations agency that fights AIDS, lowered its estimate of the number of people infected with the disease worldwide, from 39.5 million to 33.2 million.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Specialized agencies of the United Nations
| No. |
Acronyms |
Flag |
Agency |
Headquarters |
Head |
Established in |
| 1 |
FAO |
|
Food and Agriculture Organization |
 Rome, Italy |
 Jacques Diouf |
1945 |
| 2 |
IAEA |
|
International Atomic Energy Agency |
 Vienna, Austria |
 Yukiya Amano |
1957 |
| 3 |
ICAO |
|
International Civil Aviation Organization |
 Montreal, Canada |
 Raymond Benjamin |
1947 |
| 4 |
IFAD |
|
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
Rome, Italy |
 Kanayo F. Nwanze |
1977 |
| 5 |
ILO |
|
International Labour Organization |
 Geneva, Switzerland |
 Juan Somavía |
1946 |
| 6 |
IMO |
|
International Maritime Organization |
 London, United Kingdom |
 Efthimios E. Mitropoulos |
1948 |
| 7 |
IMF |
|
International Monetary Fund |
 Washington, D.C., USA |
Dominique Strauss-Kahn |
1945 |
| 8 |
ITU |
|
International Telecommunication Union |
Geneva, Switzerland |
 Hamadoun Touré |
1947 |
| 9 |
UNESCO |
|
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
Paris, France |
 Irina Bokova |
1946 |
| 10 |
UNIDO |
|
United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
Vienna, Austria |
 Kandeh Yumkella |
1967 |
| 11 |
UPU |
|
Universal Postal Union |
Berne, Switzerland |
Edouard Dayan |
1947 |
| 12 |
WB |
|
World Bank |
Washington, D.C, USA |
Robert B. Zoellick |
1945 |
| 13 |
WFP |
|
World Food Programme |
Rome, Italy |
Josette Sheeran |
1963 |
| 14 |
WHO |
|
World Health Organization |
Geneva, Switzerland |
 Margaret Chan |
1948 |
| 15 |
WIPO |
|
World Intellectual Property Organization |
Geneva, Switzerland |
 Francis Gurry |
1974 |
| 16 |
WMO |
|
World Meteorological Organization |
Geneva, Switzerland |
 Alexander Bedritsky |
1950 |
| 17 |
UNWTO |
|
World Tourism Organization |
 Madrid, Spain |
 Taleb Rifai |
1974 |
Membership
.^ On behalf of the six initiators, he issued invitations to all UN member states to attend the summit.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
Note that Antarctica has no
government; political control of
Western Sahara is in dispute; and the territories administered by the
Republic of China (Taiwan) and
Kosovo are considered by the UN to be provinces of the People's Republic of China and
Republic of Serbia, respectively.
.^ We are a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
^ Date: Oct 1, 1990 10/1/90 Category: Fact Sheets Country: United States Subject: Trade/Economics , United Nations [TEXT] Background .- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Because the United States pays approximately one quarter of the United Nations' expenses, about 25 percent of Sevan's legal fees will be paid by American taxpayers.- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
[19]
- Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization, are able and willing to carry out these obligations.
- The admission of any such state to membership in the United Nations will be effected by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.
Group of 77
.^ Hans Blix, the head of the United Nations ' inspection commission, negotiated a deal with Iraq to allow the return of weapons inspectors within two weeks.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Date: Oct 1, 1990 10/1/90 Category: Fact Sheets Country: United States Subject: Trade/Economics , United Nations [TEXT] Background .- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The United States removed North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism after the nation agreed to provide UN inspectors full access to its nuclear program.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
There were 77 founding members of the organization, but the organization has since expanded to 130 member countries.
.^ Date: Oct 1, 1990 10/1/90 Category: Fact Sheets Country: United States Subject: Trade/Economics , United Nations [TEXT] Background .- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Kathryn on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at 01:47 PM in Haiti , Transparency , United Nations .- Kathryn Cramer: United Nations 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.kathryncramer.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The United Nations , responding to food riots in 30 countries, said that the number of chronically hungry people in the world was expected to rise 100 million to 950 million.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The first major meeting was in
Algiers in 1967, where the
Charter of Algiers was adopted and the basis for permanent institutional structures was begun.
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Functions
Peacekeeping and security
UN peacekeeping missions. Dark blue regions indicate current missions , while light blue regions represent former missions.
.^ The Chinese, too, have been active in promoting use of the UN Security Council to settle regional conflicts.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ One day after Iraq's parliament rejected the terms of the Security Council resolution calling for resumed weapons inspections, a letter from Iraqi foreign minister Naji Sabri agreeing to the demands was delivered to the United Nations .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The Security Council resolutions will be enforced—the just demands of peace and security will be met—or action will be unavoidable.
.^ Who speaks for the UN Peacekeepers?- Kathryn Cramer: United Nations 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.kathryncramer.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ A congressional study found that the occupation of Iraq is unsustainable given the current size of the U.S. military, and the United States released a draft resolution calling on the United Nations to create a multinational peacekeeping force for Iraq that would remain under American military and political control.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Date: Oct 1, 1990 10/1/90 Category: Fact Sheets Country: United States Subject: Trade/Economics , United Nations [TEXT] Background .- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
The peacekeeping force as a whole received the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1988.
.^ These goals interlock with the goal of preserving international peace because the UN's founders realized that a peaceful world needed to be a prosperous one, and that prosperity could not be achieved without guarantees of individual rights, chief among which is the right to self-determination.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Organizers of the United Nations Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders failed to invite the Tibetan Dalai Lama because doing so would offend China .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Although we will have differences with the Soviets and the Chinese, as well as other nations, on the particulars of our policy, I think there is a developing international consensus that will make it possible to utilize more fully the UN's peacekeeping machinery.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ These goals interlock with the goal of preserving international peace because the UN's founders realized that a peaceful world needed to be a prosperous one, and that prosperity could not be achieved without guarantees of individual rights, chief among which is the right to self-determination.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Although the UN effort has been slow in becoming organized, there has been an outpouring of pledges of assistance from the international community.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Another area of concern remains the continued underrepresentation of US citizens on the staffs of many UN agencies.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ Indeed, we especially appreciate your efforts in carrying out a study of the Soviet economy that is unprecedented in its scope.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The Brazilian commander of UN peacekeepers in Haiti was found dead on the balcony of his hotel room Saturday after shooting himself in the head, authorities said, in a blow to the 9,000-strong force and efforts to restore democracy in Haiti.- Kathryn Cramer: United Nations 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.kathryncramer.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The security situation deteriorated dramatically, with many kidnappings and assassinations as well as the death of two UN peacekeepers.- Kathryn Cramer: United Nations 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.kathryncramer.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ UN human rights experts decided not to visit Guantánamo Bay because the United States refused to allow them full access to detainees.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Because the United States pays approximately one quarter of the United Nations' expenses, about 25 percent of Sevan's legal fees will be paid by American taxpayers.- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the US ambassador to the UN during the administration of Gerald Ford, will later admit in his memoirs: “The Department of State desired that the United Nations prove utterly ineffective in whatever measures it undertook [with regard to East Timor].
[21] .^ Certainly he was given no incentive by the Human Rights Commission to desist from the sweeping violations of international law which form the heart of his policy in the current crisis.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ They are just now beginning to produce the results which we will need to confront the international issues before us as we enter the post-Cold War era.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Unfortunately, the millions of persons who have perished in conflicts since the founding of the United Nations are a grim testimony to the failure of the international community in living up to this principle.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
[22] Situations where the UN has not only acted to keep the peace but also occasionally intervened include the
Korean War (1950–1953), and the authorization of intervention in Iraq after the
Persian Gulf War in 1990.
A British
armoured car painted as it appeared while deployed on a UN peacekeeping mission.
The UN has also drawn criticism for perceived failures.
.^ Security Council Resolution 435 on Namibia.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Security Council Resolution 431 on Namibia.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Unfortunately, such behavior on the part of many of the developing countries who now have a majority on the commission is not isolated to the case of Iraq.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ Security Council Resolution 598 on the Iran-Iraq war.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Security Council Resolution 435 on Namibia.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Security Council Resolution 431 on Namibia.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ Kathryn on Saturday, February 25, 2006 at 10:24 AM in Haiti , Photography , Transparency , United Nations .- Kathryn Cramer: United Nations 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.kathryncramer.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The United Nations was investigating accusations of sexual abuse by its staff in Bunia, Congo .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Child abductions were on the rise in Afghanistan , and the United Nations was having a hard time recruiting peacekeepers for its mission in Haiti .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[29] In 2004, former Israeli ambassador to the UN
Dore Gold criticized what it called the organization's
moral relativism in the face of (and occasional support of)
[30] genocide and
terrorism that occurred between the moral clarity of its founding period and the present day.
.^ Two days after the opening of the UN General Assembly, and one day after the Taliban defeat, the Security Council adopts Resolution 1378.
^ (South Africa's voting rights in the UN General Assembly have been suspended since 1974.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ We expect the report to be considered by the UN General Assembly in the fall of this year, and we are urging its adoption.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
[31]In addition to peacekeeping, the UN is also active in encouraging
disarmament.
.^ Status: Last call for comments The icon keyword may be used with link elements, for which it creates an external resource link .- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ It has a specification that unambiguously defines how to handle pages that use the keyword, including when they use it in incorrect ways.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ Status: Last call for comments The prefetch keyword may be used with link elements, for which it creates an external resource link .- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
[32] .^ All other week-years have 52 weeks.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ The United Nations adopts the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) banning the testing of nuclear weapons.
^ The US may be faced with the question of whether to take military steps to prevent the development or use of weapons of mass destruction,” it states, and notes that these steps may include pre-empting an impending attack with nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, “or punishing the attackers or threatening punishment of aggressors through a variety of means,” including attacks on the plants that manufacture such weapons.
The UN is one of the official supporters of the World Security Forum, a major international conference on the effects of global catastrophes and disasters, taking place in the
United Arab Emirates, in October 2008.
Human rights and humanitarian assistance
.^ Otherwise, it must mark the last subpath as closed, create a new subpath whose first point is the same as the previous subpath's first point, and finally add this new subpath to the path.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ UN human rights experts decided not to visit Guantánamo Bay because the United States refused to allow them full access to detainees.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ On setting, if the value is one of start , end , left , right , or center , then the value must be changed to the new value.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
.^ I am concerned by this move, which I see as an effort to dilute the commission's ability to deal impartially with human rights violations wherever they occur.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ While such surveillance of foreign diplomats at the UN is legal under the US’s Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), it violates the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
^ Certainly he was given no incentive by the Human Rights Commission to desist from the sweeping violations of international law which form the heart of his policy in the current crisis.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ UN human rights experts decided not to visit Guantánamo Bay because the United States refused to allow them full access to detainees.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In fields as diverse as nuclear non-proliferation, AIDS research and monitoring, and international terrorism, UN specialized agencies have helped governments take concerted international action.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Several members of the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) at its session earlier this year tried to pass a resolution criticizing Iraq, but were blocked by the reluctance of the developing countries on the commission to criticize one of their own.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ Two days after the opening of the UN General Assembly, and one day after the Taliban defeat, the Security Council adopts Resolution 1378.
^ The horizons of democracy, of human rights, of national dignity, and of economic progress have all been extended.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ That stain is General Assembly Resolution 3379, adopted in 1975, which equates Zionism with racism.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The United Nations General Assembly defined AIDS as a political, human rights, and economic issue; formerly AIDS was a venereal disease .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ UN human rights experts decided not to visit Guantánamo Bay because the United States refused to allow them full access to detainees.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ A UN human rights investigator warns that the Bosnian Muslims are “virtually threatened with extermination” unless they are helped by outside forces.
^ February 9, 2003: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bosnia Condemns UN Complicity in Sex Trade .
.^ East Asian and Pacific countries have displayed unprecedented unity in support of the seven UN Security Council resolutions and in implementing UN sanctions against Iraq.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ Ongoing activities concerning the environment, refugee assistance, and drug abuse and trafficking contribute significantly to international cooperation.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The United Nations and Human Rights Watch condemned the police in Kabul, Afghanistan, for shooting into a crowd of unarmed student protesters; at least two students were killed.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ An American official said that Libya's election as chairman of the United Nations Human Rights Commission was “regrettable.” Children from single-parent homes are more likely to go crazy, a Swedish study found.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ During the 24-year Indonesian occupation of East Timor (see December 7, 1976 ), the UN passes a number of resolutions condemning the invasion and occupation.
^ The US- and British- imposed “no-fly” zones have never been recognized by the UN and the two countries’ jurisdiction over the zones has no legal basis.
^ UN Repeatedly Condemns Occupation of East Timor, but Resolutions Have No Impact .
.^ We are seeing this, for example, in the restoration of private ownership in countries where the state once controlled every single aspect of economic life.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ A team of economists and officials from the World Bank, IMF, and UN meet in Iraq to consider a new economic policy for the country.
^ Today, other countries, already facing painful economic and political transformations, must now deal with additional hardships.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ Security Council Resolution 435 on Namibia.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Security Council Resolution 431 on Namibia.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ During a meeting in Jordan, Iraqi diplomat Kizam Hamdoon and US diplomat James Placke discuss a proposed draft resolution that Iran presented to the UN Security Council (see Mid-March 1984 ) calling on the international body to condemn Iraq’s use of chemical weapons.
.^ Parties to the conflict further agreed to establish a supreme national council , which will represent Cambodia externally and occupy the Cambodian seat at the United Nations.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The U.S. House of Representatives voted to withhold $244 million in United Nations dues if American did not regain its seat on the Human Rights Commission.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Kathryn on Thursday, February 16, 2006 at 06:52 AM in Haiti , Transparency , United Nations .- Kathryn Cramer: United Nations 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.kathryncramer.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The United Nations gave up trying to stop human cloning .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ We are a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
^ Hans Blix, the head of the United Nations ' inspection commission, negotiated a deal with Iraq to allow the return of weapons inspectors within two weeks.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[35] .^ The UNGA elects the 10 non-permanent members to serve overlapping 2-year terms.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ In May, the spring ECOSOC [Economic and Social Council] voted to expand the membership of the UNHRC as of 1992 by 10 new members, allotted entirely to the Latin American, African, and Asian regional groups.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
[36] A candidate to the body must be approved by a majority of the General Assembly. In addition, the council has strict rules for membership, including a universal human rights review.
.^ UN human rights experts decided not to visit Guantánamo Bay because the United States refused to allow them full access to detainees.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In the fifth-cycle negotiations at the UN development program's governing council, the United States managed to increase the focus of UN grant assistance on the poorest countries.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The United States , which edited Iraq's weapons declaration before distributing it to other members of the U.N. .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[37]
.^ These goals interlock with the goal of preserving international peace because the UN's founders realized that a peaceful world needed to be a prosperous one, and that prosperity could not be achieved without guarantees of individual rights, chief among which is the right to self-determination.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The United Nations , responding to food riots in 30 countries, said that the number of chronically hungry people in the world was expected to rise 100 million to 950 million.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Two days after the opening of the UN General Assembly, and one day after the Taliban defeat, the Security Council adopts Resolution 1378.
The declaration aims to maintain, strengthen and encourage the growth of indigenous institutions, cultures and traditions. It also prohibits discrimination against indigenous peoples and promotes their active participation in matters which concern their past, present and future.
[38]
.^ Most will require transportation to their home countries and, while they await space in the international airlift, the world must provide for their basic needs for water, food, shelter, and medical attention.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Of this amount, Japan has allocated $8 million to the UN Disaster Relief Organization (UNDRO), $2 million to the International Red Cross, and $12 million to the International Organization on Migration.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The UN oil-for-food scheme was set up in 1995 to allow Iraq to sell controlled amounts of oil to raise money for humanitarian supplies.- Kathryn Cramer: United Nations 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.kathryncramer.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ During the preceding year, if any beneficiary has supplied more than 50% of the total US imports of a product or more than a certain dollar figure ($88 million in 1989) of that product, the President must withdraw its eligibility.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The United Nations , responding to food riots in 30 countries, said that the number of chronically hungry people in the world was expected to rise 100 million to 950 million.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Wilson had himself debunked the allegations more than a year earlier (see February 21, 2002-March 4, 2002 ).
Social and economic development
The UN is involved in supporting
development, e.g. by the formulation of the
Millennium Development Goals.
.^ In the fifth-cycle negotiations at the UN development program's governing council, the United States managed to increase the focus of UN grant assistance on the poorest countries.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Parent organization of UN World Food Programme Parent organization of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Employer of Madeleine Rees Employer of Jacques Paul Klein United Nations (UN) was a participant or observer in the following events: .
.^ UNESCO met to discuss how to preserve world heritage sites, like the Tower of London and the Great Barrier Reef , from the effects of global warming ; the United States said that the organization had no brief to discuss an unproven theory.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ As David Ridenour notes in the video, which he shot, this may look like a waiting line for health care in a country with government-run medicine, but it's actually a waiting line for a conference attempting to establish a world government-run energy rationing scheme.- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
^ UNAIDS, the United Nations agency that fights AIDS, lowered its estimate of the number of people infected with the disease worldwide, from 39.5 million to 33.2 million.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ At the request of the six initiators, the UN is providing support services, and UNICEF is providing the summit secretariat.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The U.S. and other developed countries will help raise $100 billion per year by 2020 to help developing nations with climate change mitigation and adaptation.- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
[citation needed].^ The US government, through the Agency for International Development, contributed $150,000 to the summit budget.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Promotion of economic and social development under a regime of individual human rights is also an integral part of the vision contained in the charter.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ UN and many of its specialized and related agencies, International Monetary Fund (IMF), General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), INTELSAT, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ UN and many of its specialized and related agencies, International Monetary Fund (IMF), General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), INTELSAT, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Effective multilateral diplomacy within the UN framework, however, requires a realistic look at the world organization's capabilities and limitations.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ This year alone, US payments to the UN system (including the UN and specialized agencies and programs but not the World Bank) will total about $700 million.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
They were initially formed as separate from the UN through the
Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944.
[39]
.^ Places by which Russia's ranking in the U.N.'s Human Development Index of living standards has fallen since 1990: 31 .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Several members of the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) at its session earlier this year tried to pass a resolution criticizing Iraq, but were blocked by the reluctance of the developing countries on the commission to criticize one of their own.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ We will, however, continue to work hard to develop new alliances with countries committed to advancing human rights standards throughout the world.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
Mandates
.^ The United Nations passes Resolution 678.
^ The United Nations began relief operations.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Here is another way of marking this up, this time showing the paragraphs explicitly, and splitting the one link element into three: .- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
.^ MINUSTAH's just-published report to the UN Security Council begins: .- Kathryn Cramer: United Nations 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.kathryncramer.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The Security Council resolutions will be enforced—the just demands of peace and security will be met—or action will be unavoidable.
^ This request is in keeping with both the spirit and letter of UN Security Council Resolution 661 and in agreement with the approach outlined above.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ For members that return objects (including function objects), each distinct effective script origin that is not the same as the Window object's Document 's effective script origin must be provided with a separate set of objects.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ The element's 2D context's fillStyle attribute is set to a CanvasPattern object that was created from an HTMLImageElement or an HTMLVideoElement whose origin was not the same as that of the Document object that owns the canvas element when the pattern was created.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ But what needs to happen right now is that the UN needs to act, and they need to back up their actions with enforcement.
.^ Hedges writes that the interviews were “set up by an Iraqi group that seeks the overthrow of… Hussein.” He quotes al-Ghurairy as saying, “There is a lot we do not know.
^ Only one link is created for the set of one or more up keywords and, if present, the index keyword.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
.^ As a general rule, user agents should not expire application caches, except on request from the user, or after having been left unused for an extended period of time.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ Expected Council Action The Council is expected to renew the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), which expires on 15 February.- Kathryn Cramer: United Nations 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.kathryncramer.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Countries around the world welcomed those actions, which, together with the major improvement in US-USSR relations, created a positive atmosphere for last year's UN General Assembly.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ With 15 minutes allotted to him, Libyan leader Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi spoke to the General Assembly of the United Nations for more than an hour.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Two days after the opening of the UN General Assembly, and one day after the Taliban defeat, the Security Council adopts Resolution 1378.
[41]
Other
Over the lifetime of the UN, over 80 colonies have attained independence.
[42] .^ When a country becomes a member of the United Nations, it undertakes the obligations set forth in the Charter of the United Nations , which includes the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all people.- United Nations Systems 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.stopvaw.org [Source type: Academic]
^ The UN General Assembly votes 158-3 to adopt the CTBT, with India (see June 20, 1996 ), Bhutan, and Libya voting against it, and Cuba, Lebanon, Syria, Mauritius, and Tanzania abstaining.
^ Two days after the opening of the UN General Assembly, and one day after the Taliban defeat, the Security Council adopts Resolution 1378.
Through the
UN Committee on Decolonization,
[43] created in 1962, the UN has focused considerable attention on
decolonization.
.^ If the navigation was initiated for entry update of an entry Replace the entry being updated with a new entry representing the new resource and its Document object and related state.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ Move all the events in the port message queue of original port to the port message queue of new port , if any, leaving the new port 's port message queue in its initial disabled state.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
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The committee has overseen the decolonization of every country larger than 20,000 km² and removed them from the
United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories, besides
Western Sahara, a country larger than the UK only relinquished by Spain in 1975.
.^ Some UN personnel and international aid workers have been linked to prostitution rings in the area.
^ Under UN auspices, the US is working with other countries to address issues of worldwide concern.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ At times, a foreign minister has attended SC meetings on an issue of concern to his/her country.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ United Nations logo.
^ The United Nations Security Council issues a presidential statement condemning the use of chemical weapons without a specific reference to Iraq, despite Iran’s insistence that the Security Council pass a binding resolution condemning Iraq’s use of chemical weapons against Iran.
^ The United Nations said the world needed to create 500 million new jobs over the next ten years.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
For example,
World Tuberculosis Day,
Earth Day and
International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Funding
.^ On behalf of the six initiators, he issued invitations to all UN member states to attend the summit.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The United States remains by far the single largest contributor to the UN, its affiliated agencies, and its voluntary programs.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The agency is able to do this, while maintaining zero real growth in overall expenditures drawn from assessed contributions by IAEA member states.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ In fields as diverse as nuclear non-proliferation, AIDS research and monitoring, and international terrorism, UN specialized agencies have helped governments take concerted international action.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The summit is funded through voluntary contributions that supplement regular contributions to UNICEF. The budget for the summit is $3 million.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ This year alone, US payments to the UN system (including the UN and specialized agencies and programs but not the World Bank) will total about $700 million.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
The General Assembly approves the regular budget and determines the assessment for each member.
.^ If a country's per capita GNP exceeded $8,500 in 1985 or subsequent years, its benefits are automatically terminated after a 2-year phaseout.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
[45]
.^ Two days after the opening of the UN General Assembly, and one day after the Taliban defeat, the Security Council adopts Resolution 1378.
Thus, there is a 'ceiling' rate, setting the maximum amount any member is assessed for the regular budget. In December 2000, the Assembly revised the scale of assessments to reflect current global circumstances. As part of that revision, the regular budget ceiling was reduced from 25% to 22%. The U.S. is the only member that has met the ceiling.
.^ When a country becomes a member of the United Nations, it undertakes the obligations set forth in the Charter of the United Nations , which includes the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all people.- United Nations Systems 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.stopvaw.org [Source type: Academic]
.^ The President can waive these lower limits, and the law exempts least developed countries from them.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
[45]
.^ Otherwise, the current drag operation must be set based on the values the effectAllowed and dropEffect attributes of the dataTransfer object had after the event was handled, as per the following table: .- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ The FAO conference ignored the concerns of the United States and other major contributors and approved an excessive budget.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
A large share of UN expenditures addresses the core UN mission of peace and security.
.^ Countries around the world welcomed those actions, which, together with the major improvement in US-USSR relations, created a positive atmosphere for last year's UN General Assembly.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
[46] .^ We are a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
^ For members that return objects (including function objects), each distinct effective script origin that is not the same as the Window object's Document 's effective script origin must be provided with a separate set of objects.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ It was this constant contact that reassured the Soviets that we looked to them not as token players who could present obstacles to US plans, but as partners who as permanent members of the Security Council had a crucial role in maintaining international solidarity against Iraq's actions.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
This surcharge serves to offset discounted peacekeeping assessment rates for less developed countries.
.^ The United Nations human rights treaties establish the obligations of the state to enforce these rights.- United Nations Systems 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.stopvaw.org [Source type: Academic]
^ Date: Oct 1, 1990 10/1/90 Category: Fact Sheets Country: United States Subject: Trade/Economics , United Nations [TEXT] Background .- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Because the United States pays approximately one quarter of the United Nations' expenses, about 25 percent of Sevan's legal fees will be paid by American taxpayers.- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
[47].^ The summit is funded through voluntary contributions that supplement regular contributions to UNICEF. The budget for the summit is $3 million.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ In fields as diverse as nuclear non-proliferation, AIDS research and monitoring, and international terrorism, UN specialized agencies have helped governments take concerted international action.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Number of troops that China has contributed to current U.N. peacekeeping missions: 1,408 Number from the other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council combined: 822 .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Some of our East Asian allies and friends also have contributed financial and material resources to the multinational force in the gulf, and Australia has contributed military assets as well.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The second part of Japan's substantial financial contribution is another $2 billion for economic assistance to the countries most affected by the imposition of economic sanctions.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ An element can still suffer from these states even when the element is disabled ; thus these states can be represented in the DOM even if validating the form during submission wouldn't indicate a problem to the user.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ UN and many of its specialized and related agencies, International Monetary Fund (IMF), General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), INTELSAT, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ Points a player earns for delivering a parcel of medicine, in the U.N. World Food Programme’s video game : 250 .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Harper's Index Source: U.N. World Food Programme (Rome) .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
It has received barely a quarter of the total it needs for the 09/10 financial year.
Personnel policy
The UN and its agencies are immune to the laws of the
countries where they operate, safeguarding UN's impartiality with regard to the host and member countries.
[49] .^ When a country becomes a member of the United Nations, it undertakes the obligations set forth in the Charter of the United Nations , which includes the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all people.- United Nations Systems 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.stopvaw.org [Source type: Academic]
^ Change the selection User agents must allow users to change the selection within an editing host, even into nested editable elements.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ Move the caret User agents must allow users to move the caret to any position within an editing host, even into nested editable elements.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
[citation needed].^ UN human rights experts decided not to visit Guantánamo Bay because the United States refused to allow them full access to detainees.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Status: Last call for comments When an input element's type attribute is in the Radio Button state, the rules in this section apply.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ Status: Working draft When an input element's type attribute is in the Color state, the rules in this section apply.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
.^ The membership of the UN-system agencies appear to agree with the US view that the PLO represents only a political organization which does not have the internationally accepted attributes of statehood.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Another area of concern remains the continued underrepresentation of US citizens on the staffs of many UN agencies.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The US- and British- imposed “no-fly” zones have never been recognized by the UN and the two countries’ jurisdiction over the zones has no legal basis.
.^ IMAP server or a post on an NNTP server) then return a globally unique identifier specific to the resource identified by url , so that if this algorithm is invoked again for URLs that identify the same resource, the same identifier will be returned.- HTML5 9 October 2009 21:45 UTC dev.w3.org [Source type: Reference]
^ February 9, 2003: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bosnia Condemns UN Complicity in Sex Trade .
It has to be noted though that some agencies provide limited benefits to
domestic partners of their staff and that some agencies do not recognise same-sex marriage or domestic partnership of their staff.
Reform
.^ (How typical of the corrupt United Nations!- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
^ A United Nations investigation of last week's coalition airstrikes in Afghanistan found that the United States had killed 90 civilians, including 60 sleeping children.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Although we will have differences with the Soviets and the Chinese, as well as other nations, on the particulars of our policy, I think there is a developing international consensus that will make it possible to utilize more fully the UN's peacekeeping machinery.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The narcotics control agencies of the UN system have been the subject of a comprehensive proposal for reorganization so that their work might become more efficient and effective.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Effective multilateral diplomacy within the UN framework, however, requires a realistic look at the world organization's capabilities and limitations.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ What we and others--including many of Japan's leaders--have been seeking in recent years is a greater international role for Japan.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
[50] .^ We are a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
^ In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, President Bush says: “Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons.… Iraq has made several attempts to buy high-strength aluminum tubes used to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon.” [ PBS, 9/12/2002 ; US President, 9/16/2002 ; Age (Melbourne), 6/7/2003 ] Bush also says that the US “will work with the UN Security Council.” [ US President, 9/16/2002 ; Vanity Fair, 5/2004, pp.
^ One day after Iraq's parliament rejected the terms of the Security Council resolution calling for resumed weapons inspections, a letter from Iraqi foreign minister Naji Sabri agreeing to the demands was delivered to the United Nations .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The UN has also been accused of bureaucratic inefficiency and waste.
.^ Third, the United States is committed to the central role of the IMF and World Bank in helping bring about economic reforms.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The FAO conference ignored the concerns of the United States and other major contributors and approved an excessive budget.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ At the invitation of the summit initiators, representatives of the United States and other countries have participated in the planning and preparation for the summit.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ For the past 7 years we have opposed General Assembly resolutions on information because they contained language calling for the establishment of a new world information and communications order (NWICO).- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
[51].^ This request is in keeping with both the spirit and letter of UN Security Council Resolution 661 and in agreement with the approach outlined above.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ VOTE: Unanimous (15-0) US Department of State Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 Title: UN Security Council Resolution 670 on Iraq .- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Last week, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 666--a resolution which, while allowing food supplies to reach the innocent bystanders in this crisis, will deny them to Iraq.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
[citation needed]
In September 2005, the UN convened a
World Summit that brought together the heads of most member states, calling the summit "a once-in-a-generation opportunity to take bold decisions in the areas of development, security, human rights and reform of the United Nations."
[52] Kofi Annan had proposed that the summit agree on a global "grand bargain" to reform the UN, renewing the organisation's focus on peace, security, human rights and development, and to make it better equipped at facing 21st century issues.
.^ We helped to create the Security Council.
^ Within the United Nations system, programs, funds and specialized agencies work to improve the conditions of particular populations and oversee the enforcement of specific rights, such as the right to health, through the World Health Organization , and labor rights, through the International Labor Organization .- United Nations Systems 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.stopvaw.org [Source type: Academic]
^ Organizers of the United Nations Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders failed to invite the Tibetan Dalai Lama because doing so would offend China .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The Office of Internal Oversight Services is being restructured to more clearly define its scope and mandate, and will receive more resources. In addition, to improve the oversight and auditing capabilities of the General Assembly, an Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) is being created.
.^ Russia offers an alternative draft resolution to the US-British version, which drops Washington’s toughest inspection terms and threat of “consequences” if Iraq refuses to comply.
[54][55] An ethics office was established in 2006, responsible for administering new financial disclosure and
whistleblower protection policies. Working with the OIOS, the ethics office also plans to implement a policy to avoid fraud and corruption.
[56] .^ Wilson had himself debunked the allegations more than a year earlier (see February 21, 2002-March 4, 2002 ).
^ For more than 40 years, the fund and the bank have quietly been enlisting the talents and the energies of the developed and developing world in a global struggle against poverty.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ This marks only the third time in the 45-year history of this organization that all of the permanent five foreign ministers of the Security Council are meeting.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
The review is intended to determine which duplicative or unnecessary programmes should be eliminated.
.^ On behalf of the six initiators, he issued invitations to all UN member states to attend the summit.- Dispatch, Vol 1, No 5, October 1, 1990 17 September 2009 22:53 UTC dosfan.lib.uic.edu [Source type: Original source]
The dispute centres on whether mandates that have been renewed should be examined. As of September 2007, the process is ongoing.
[57]See also
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Further reading
.^ December 1952 Article The open city By Syed Amjad Ali SEE ALSO: Headquarters ; Intellectual cooperation ; International cooperation ; United Nations PDF IMAGES .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ The United Nations announced that old people will soon outnumber young people for the first time in history.- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ September 1995 Readings/Article The U.N.'s secret history SEE ALSO: Censorship ; United Nations PDF IMAGES .- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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Indiana University Press.
"Think Again: The United Nations", Madeleine K. Albright, Foreign Policy, September/October, 2004.
Hans Köchler, Quo Vadis, United Nations?, in: Law Review, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, College of Law, May 2005 Online version.
An Insider's Guide to the UN, Linda Fasulo, Yale University Press (1 November 2003), hardcover, 272 pages, ISBN 0-300-10155-4.
United Nations: The First Fifty Years, Stanley Mesler, Atlantic Monthly Press (1 March 1997), hardcover, 416 pages, ISBN 0-87113-656-2.
United Nations, Divided World: The UN's Roles in International Relations edited by Adam Roberts and Benedict Kingsbury, Oxford University Press; 2nd edition (1 January 1994), hardcover, 589 pages, ISBN 0-19-827926-4.
A Guide to Delegate Preparation: A Model United Nations Handbook, edited by Scott A. Leslie, The United Nations Association of the United States of America, 2004 edition (October 2004), softcover, 296 pages, ISBN 1-880632-71-3.
"U.S. At War – International." Time Magazine XLV.19 7 May 1945: 25–28.
The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, edited by Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws, Oxford University Press, July 2007, hardcover, 896 pages, ISBN 978-0-19-927951-7, ISBN 0-19-927951-9.
- Gold, Dore. .^ UNESCO met to discuss how to preserve world heritage sites, like the Tower of London and the Great Barrier Reef , from the effects of global warming ; the United States said that the organization had no brief to discuss an unproven theory.
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- United Nations (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ From Peyton Knight: On the theory of human-caused global warming, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon claims "the time for doubt has passed."- Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog 28 January 2010 1:01 UTC www.nationalcenter.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The United Nations is a global organization that includes nearly every country in the world.- United Nations Systems 21 January 2010 16:24 UTC www.stopvaw.org [Source type: Academic]
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