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Diplomacy (foreign policy): The process of negotiations, among nations, usually by accredited representatives of a government. While the details of the negotiations may not be public information, the fact of the diplomatic negotiations is official and acknowledged ^[e]
International law: Add brief definition or description

Food and Agriculture Organization: A policy, technical, and operational agency, under the auspices of the United Nations, which deals with agriculture, fisheries and forestry, as well as humanitarian relief of hunger ^[e]
International Atomic Energy Agency: An international organization established in July 1957, which seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for military purposes. ^[e]
International Maritime Organization: The United Nations agency responsible for avoiding pollution from ships, and implementing the Safety of Life at Sea convention ^[e]
UNESCO: Specialized agency of the UN, created in 1946, to aid peace by promoting international cooperation in education, science, and culture. ^[e]
UNSCOM: Add brief definition or description
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Add brief definition or description
UN Human Rights Council: Add brief definition or description
United Nations Development Programme: Add brief definition or description
World Food Programme: Add brief definition or description
World Health Organization: United Nations' agency for health, focussing on the control and prevention of diseases, and the support for international health programs. ^[e]

Korean War: (1950-1953) war on the Korean peninsula in which about 3 million people died (mostly civilians), begun when North Korea, backed by China, attempted to overrun South Korea, which had been placed under the control of U.S.-led United Nations forces after the surrender of Japan at the end of WW II. ^[e]
Quartet on the Middle East: An international group comprising the United Nations, the European Union, the United States of America and Russia, concerned with bringing about an agreed settlement in the conflict over Israel and Palestine. ^[e]

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration: International agency chartered in Atlantic City, New Jersey in November, 1943 and tasked with providing relief to refugees in Europe and China in the aftermath of World War II. ^[e]