So basically the United Nations is a world wide organization that has 192 members, which are countries. The United Nations was formed to help make cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace. It was formed to take the place of the League of Nations after World War II in 1945. The League of Nations was an organization that was created to stop racism and sexism, and other rights of man. The United Nations has six official languages, isn’t that a lot. They are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. The main leader of the United Nations is Ban Ki-moon of South Korea. This is his first term so he will be able to run again in 2011.
There are many different agencies in the United Nations. Two different ones that have their headquarters in the USA are the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The International Monetary Fund oversees the global financial system. It was created to stabalize international exchange rates, and things like that. It’s headquarters is in Washington, D.C. and is headed by Dominique Strauss-Kahn. It was established in 1945. The World Bank is related to the IMF, it was formed to give loans to the poorer countries to reduce poverty. It’s headquarters is in Washington, D.C. also, and is headed by Robert B. Zoellick. It to was established in 1945. Both agencies are two of the few agencies that have a different flag than the UN.
The IMF flag.
The WB flag.
The UN flag.I feel like I really understand the United Nations now that I wrote this. Before I hadn't really know what it was. I think it's good to have this organization. It really brings the world together and promotes world peace, which is awesome.
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