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Sunday 30 April 2017

UNITED NATIONS AT A GLANCE CHECK OUT UN IN 10 MAJOR POINTS

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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