The UN has 4 main purposes

· To keep peace throughout the world;

· To develop friendly relations among nations;

· To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms;

· To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals.

Due to its unique international character, and the powers vested in its founding Charter, the Organization can take action on a wide range of issues, and provide a forum for its 193 Member States to express their views, through the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and other bodies and committees.

The work of the United Nations reaches every corner of the globe. Although best known for peacekeeping, peacebuilding, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance, there are many other ways the United Nations and its System (specialized agencies, funds and programmes) affect our lives and make the world a better place. The Organization works on a broad range of fundamental issues, from sustainable development, environment and refugees protection, disaster relief, counter terrorism, disarmament and non-proliferation, to promoting democracy, human rights, gender equality and the advancement of women, governance, economic and social development and international health, clearing landmines, expanding food production, and more, in order to achieve its goals and coordinate efforts for a safer world for this and future generations.

The United Nations

· Provides food to 90 million people in 80 countries

· Vaccinates 58 per cent of the world's children, saving 3 million lives a year

· Assists over 38.7 million refugees and КИ people fleeing war, famine or persecution

· aWorks with 193 countries to combat climate change and make development sustainable

· Keeps peace with 120,000 peacekeepers in Tar 16 operations on 4 continents

· Fights poverty, helping improve the health and well-being of 420 million rural poor

· Protects and promotes human rights on site and through some 80 treaties/declarations

· #b Mobilizes USD 22 billion in humanitarian aid to help people affected by emergencies

· Uses diplomacy to prevent conflict: assists some 60 countries a year with their elections

· Promotes maternal health, saving the lives of 30 million women a year

· United Nations - Department of Public Information - 2014/2015

The UN advances democracy, assisting some 50 countries a year with their elections.

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