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2. United Nations - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations ( UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. [3] It is the world's largest international ...

3. United Nations Volunteers - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations Volunteers ( UNV) programme is a United Nations organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development. Volunteerism benefits both society at large and ...

4. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human ...

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   The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights [a] ( OHCHR) is a department of the United Nations Secretariat that works to promote and protect human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. The office was established by the United Nations ...

5. United Nations Institute for Training and Research - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is a dedicated training arm of the United Nations system.UNITAR provides training and capacity development activities to assist mainly developing countries with special attention to Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and other groups and communities who are most vulnerable, including those in ...

6. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ...

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   The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA) is a United Nations (UN) body established in December 1991 by the General Assembly to strengthen the international response to complex emergencies and natural disasters. [1] It is the successor to the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator ( UNDRO ...

7. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Wikipedia

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   The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.