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United Nations (UN)

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Abstract

The United Nations is an association of states, or intergovernmental organizations, pledged to maintain international peace and security and to co-operate in solving international political, economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems. The name 'United Nations' was devised by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was first used in the Declaration by United Nations of 1 Jan. 1942, during the Second World War, when 26 nations pledged to continue fighting the Axis Powers.KeywordsMember StateUnited NationsSecurity CouncilEconomic CommissionInternational PeaceThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm…

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  • Declaration
  • Political science
  • Politics
  • Public administration
  • Law
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