United Nations and International Organizations

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What is the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)?

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A specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. It also works to make agriculture, forestry, and fisheries more productive and sustainable.

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What is the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

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An international organization that works to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty.

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What is the UN Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO)?

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A specialized agency of the United Nations that contributes to peace and security by promoting international cooperation through education, science, culture, communication, and information.

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What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?

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A specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. WHO focuses on keeping the world healthy.

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What is the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC)?

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A principal UN body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights around the globe.

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What is the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)?

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A UN agency that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.

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What is the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)?

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A leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.

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What is the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)?

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A UN agency mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide.

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What is the UN Development Programme (UNDP)?

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A UN network that advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience, and resources to help people build a better life.

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What are two major criticisms of the UN?

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inability to solve problems without support of the most powerful members, veto power of the P5 leading to inaction and being undemocratic, inefficiency of sanctions, exclusion of non-members due to preference of powerful nations