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United Nations
[ yoo-nahy-tid ney-shuhnz ]
noun
- the United Nations (used with a singular verb,) an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945, and since then by many more countries. : UN, U.N. Compare General Assembly, Security Council.
- (used with a plural verb) the nations that signed the joint declaration in Washington, D.C., January 2, 1942, pledging to employ full resources against the Axis powers, not to make a separate peace, etc.
United Nations
noun
- an international organization of independent states, with its headquarters in New York City, that was formed in 1945 to promote peace and international cooperation and security UN
- (in World War II) a coalition of 26 nations that signed a joint declaration in Jan 1942, pledging their full resources to defeating the Axis powers
United Nations
- An organization that includes virtually all countries in the world, with nearly 190 member nations. Its General Assembly, in which each member nation has one vote, guides policies and finances generally. Another important division of the United Nations is the Security Council , in which five powerful nations have a majority; the Security Council is charged with solving crises and keeping peace. The United Nations also includes an Economic and Social Council; a Secretariat, or administrative division; and the International Court of Justice , or World Court. It also is allied with several agencies that operate independently, such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) , the World Bank, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
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Example Sentences
The United Nations agency for children says that at least 322 children are reported to have been killed since Israel launched a renewed offensive in Gaza two weeks ago.
In recent years, the UK has come under growing pressure from United Nations bodies to return the islands and in 2022, the previous Conservative government began negotiations over the sovereignty of the territory.
According to a report published in 2020 by the United Nations Population Fund and the Somali government, 35% of women aged between 20 and 24 in the country were married before the age of 18.
Only last week President Vladimir Putin said the United Nations should take over Ukraine and organise a "democratic presidential election".
In total, more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as a result of gang violence, according to United Nations figures.
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