UNITED NATIONS AT A GLANCE
CHECK OUT UN IN 10 MAJOR POINTS
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ü Provides food to 90 million people
in 75 countries
ü Vaccinates 58 per cent of the
world’s children, saving 2.5 million lives a year
ü Assists over 34 million refugees
and people fleeing war, famine or persecution
ü Combats climate change; works with
140 nations to prevent harmful mercury emissions UN
ü Keeps peace with 120,000
peacekeepers in 16 operations on 4 continents
ü Fights poverty, helping 370 million
rural poor achieve better lives in the last 30 years
ü Protects and promotes human rights
on site and through some 80 treaties/declarations
ü Mobilizes US$12.5 billion in
humanitarian aid to help people affected by emergencies
ü Uses diplomacy to prevent conflict;
assists some 50 countries a year with elections
ü Promotes maternal health, saving
the lives of 30 million women a year
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