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Parent topics
- 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
Subtopics
Core organizations
- United Nations Charter: Add brief definition or description
- Secretary-General of the United Nations: Add brief definition or description
- United Nations General Assembly: Add brief definition or description
- United Nations Security Council: One of the principal organs of the United Nations, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. [e]
- United Nations Security Council resolutions: Over 2000 resolutions have been passed by the United Nations Security Council [e]
Technical agencies
- 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]
Initiatives
- 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]
Diplomatic representation
- Susan Rice: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in the Obama administration; previously senior fellow in foreign policy, Brookings Institution [e]
History
- 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]
- International Show of Peace Concert: Planned global peace concert featuring musicians, celebrities, and politicians, that was to be held at the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing, China in 2010. [e]
- America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy: Add brief definition or description
- Malala Yousafzai [r]: Pashtun student from Pakistan, internationally known for being a children's rights and women's activist. [e]
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- Anatoly Marchenko [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Arab-Israeli Conflict [r]: The series of wars and military tension between the State of Israel and Arab states; often includes the Israel-Palestine Conflict, a remnant of the wars between countries [e]
- Arthur Szyk [r]: (1894–) Polish-born American artist. [e]
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- Franklin D. Roosevelt [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gao Yaojie [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gaza Strip [r]: Add brief definition or description
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- International wheat production statistics [r]: Add brief definition or description
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