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The headquarters of the United Nations is a complex in New York City designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. The complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952. It is located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, on spacious grounds overlooking the East River. Its borders are First Avenue on the west, East 42nd Street to the south, East 48th Street on the north and the East River to the east. The term "Turtle Bay" is occasionally used as a metonym for the UN headquarters or for the United Nations as a whole.The United Nations has three additional, subsidiary, regional headquarters, or headquarters districts. These were opened in Geneva (Switzerland) in 1946, Vienna (Austria) in 1980, and Nairobi (Kenya) in 1996. These adjunct offices help represent UN interests, facilitate diplomatic activities, and enjoy certain extraterritorial privileges, but only the main headquarters in New York City contains the seats of the principal organs of the UN, including the General Assembly and Security Council. All fifteen of the United Nations' specialized agencies are located outside New York City at these other headquarters or in other cities.
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193. The headquarters of the United Nations is in Manhattan, New York City, and experiences extraterritoriality. Further main offices are situated in Geneva, Nairobi, and Vienna. The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states. Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security, promoting human rights, fostering social and economic development, protecting the environment, and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine, natural disaster, and armed conflict.The United Nations Charter was drafted at a conference in April–June 1945; this charter took effect 24 October 1945, and the UN began operation. The UN's mission to preserve world peace was complicated in its early decades by the Cold War between the US and Soviet Union and their respective allies. The organization participated in major actions in Korea and the Congo, as well as approving the creation of the state of Israel in 1947. The organization's membership grew significantly following widespread decolonization in the 1960s, and by the 1970s its budget for economic and social development programmes far outstripped its spending on peacekeeping. After the end of the Cold War, the UN took on major military and peacekeeping missions across the world with varying degrees of success.
The United States Mission was created by an act of Congress to assist the President and the Department of State in conducting United States policy at the United Nations. Since that time, USUN has served a vital role as the Department of State’s UN branch. Today, USUN has approximately 150 people on staff who serve to represent the United States’ political, economic and social, legal, military, public diplomacy and management interests at the United Nations.
The UN Programme on Youth -Focal Point on Youth- aims to build an awareness of the global situation of young people, as well as promote their rights and aspirations. The Focal Point also works towards greater participation of young people in decision-making as a means of achieving peace and development.
유엔 본부는 미국 뉴욕에 있는 유엔의 본부 건물이며, 1952년 완공 이래 유엔의 공식 본부로 쓰여왔다. 이스트 강을 바라보는 맨해튼의 터틀 만 이웃에 자리잡고 있으며, 서쪽으로 1번가, 남쪽으로 동부 42번지 거리, 북쪽으로 동부 48번지 거리, 동쪽으로 이스트 강과 경계를 이루고 있다.유엔은 3개의 부가적인 사무소를 두고 있으며, 제네바, 빈, 나이로비에 있다. 그러나 뉴욕에 있는 본부 건물 만이 총회와 안전보장이사회 같은 유엔의 주요 기관을 갖추고 있다. 모든 15개의 전문 기구들은 뉴욕의 외부와 다른 도시들에 본부를 두었다.유엔 본부 건물은 당시 뉴욕의 부동산 개발업자 윌리엄 제켄도프로부터 17 에이커의 땅을 사들여 이스트 강 옆에 1949년부터 1950년까지 건설되었다.계획과 건설본부를 위한 시설들의 디자인의 시합을 선언보다, 유엔은 지도적 건축가들 다국적 팀 사이에 협력적인 노력을 위임하였다. 미국의 건축가 월리스 K. 해리슨은 계획의 주요 건축가와 감독으로 임명되었고, 디자인 고문들의 회의는 회원국들의 정부에 의하여 후보에 올라갔다. 회의에 임명된 디자인 고문들은 N. D. 바소프(소비에트 연방), 가스통 브륑포(벨기에), 어니스트 코미어(캐나다), 르 코르뷔지에(프랑스), 량세우청(중화민국), 스벤 마르켈리우스(스웨덴), 오스카르 니에메예르(브라질), 하워드 로버트슨(영국), G. A. 소일럭스(오스트레일리아), 훌리오 빌라마호(우루과이)이다.
Welcome to the Facebook page of the United Nations Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform, maintained by the UN Division for Sustainable Development- the secretariat for the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development.
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon nominated the first ever Youth Envoy, Mr. Ahmad Alhendawi of Jordan, on 17th of January 2013. The Youth Envoy is mandated with a task of bringing the voices of young people to the United Nations System. Moreover, the Youth Envoy also works with different UN Agencies, Governments, Civil Society, Academia and Media stakeholders towards enhancing, empowering and strengthening the position of young people within and outside of the United Nations System. The role of the Youth Envoy is also described by the UN Secretary-General as a "harmonizer between all UN agencies" to bring them together to explore cooperation opportunities for working with and for young people.
Founded in 2 August 1946, WFUNA's Youth Network officially launched in 2011.
Who we are? The world looks to the United Nations for solutions to complex problems everywhere; from ending conflict and alleviating poverty, to combating climate change and defending human rights. The issues on our agenda are manifold and diverse as are the careers we offer. Among our ranks you will find staff members who monitor elections, disarm child soldiers, coordinate relief in humanitarian crises and provide administrative as well as logistical support to carry out our complex mandates. These are just a few examples amongst our many other equally critical and necessary functions. The wide array of jobs means that you may change functions, departments, geographic locations, and even organizations or fields of work throughout your career in the Organization. The diversity of our people, almost 40,000 staff from our 192 Member States, means that you will find yourself working in multi-cultural teams with people from all backgrounds and cultures who have wide perspectives, experiences, expectations as well as approaches. Qui sommes-nous? Le monde attend de l’ONU des solutions aux problèmes épineux qui se posent partout, depuis le règlement des conflits et la réduction de la pauvreté jusqu’à la lutte contre le changement climatique et à la défense des droits de l’homme. Les questions inscrites à notre programme sont multiples et diverses, tout comme les carrières que nous proposons. Vous trouverez parmi nous des fonctionnaires qui surveillent les élections, s’occupent du désarmement des enfants soldats, coordonnent les secours pendant les crises humanitaires et fournissent un appui administratif et logistique pour nous permettre d’exécuter nos mandats complexes. Ce ne sont là que quelques exemples parmi beaucoup d’autres de nos fonctions essentielles et indispensables. Cette gamme très étendue d’emplois et de mandats signifie que vous pouvez changer de fonctions, de département, d’affectation géographique, voire de domaine d’activité, pendant toute la durée de votre carrière à l’Organisation. S’il est vrai que ces changements nécessitent des connaissances, du temps et des efforts, ils permettent aussi d’acquérir une précieuse expérience, une plus grande largeur de vues et un travail stimulant. En raison de la diversité des personnes que nous employons, soit près de 40 000 venues des 192 Etats Membres de l’Organisation, vous travaillerez dans des équipes multiculturelles composées de personnes appartenant à toutes couches de la société et à toutes les cultures, ayant une panoplie large et variée de perspectives, de parcours, d’attentes et d’approches.
UNMAS coordinates the UN effort to eliminate landmines & explosive remnants of war & to mitigate their impact on people's lives. The United Nations works with affected states to reduce the threat and impact of mines and ERW, including cluster munitions, on peace and security, humanitarian relief, human rights, and socio-economic development; it does so in partnership with civil society, the private sector, international and regional arrangements, and donors with an aim to secure levels of prevention and protection for individuals and communities, at which point UN mine action assistance is no longer requested. Knowledge is power: learn the basics about the fight against landmines and explosive remnants of war at http://www.unmas.org Then take action at http://bit.ly/17t4C5r
إننا نسعى جاهدين لتزويد الأطفال الأكثر تهميشاً وفقراً بنفس الفرص المتاحة للأطفال الأكثر حظاً. اليونيسف أكبر وأقوى مدافع عن الأطفال وحقوقهم في العالم. منظمة الطفولة كن من المدافعين عن حقوق الأطفال. منظمة الطفولة اليونيسف هى القوة المحركة التى تساعد فى بناء عالم تتحقق فيه حقوق كل طفل
UNICEF is the United Nations Children’s Fund with the mandate to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF focuses on five strategic areas: http://www.unicef.org/whatwedo/index.html • Young child survival and development • Basic education and gender equality • HIV/AIDS and children • Protection from violence, exploitation and abuse • Policy advocacy and partnerships
New York City Children's Theater is a nonprofit organization that creates original, entertaining and enriching theater for young audiences and adults to enjoy together. We believe a city as culturally rich as New York needs a children's theater that produces high-quality original productions and develops robust arts-in-education programs, serving children in all communities across the five boroughs.
Sustainable peace depends on the full participation of women in all decision-making to prevent violent conflict and to protect all civilians. The NGO Working Group believes that a broad and positive impact on the lives of all people experiencing conflict will result from full implementation of SCR 1325 and promotion of the Beijing Platform for Action, CEDAW and other supporting instruments. We further believe that implementation of SCR 1325 is a necessary tool for the prevention of armed conflict and to facilitate inclusion of gender in the ongoing peace and security discourse taking place within the UN and internationally.
THE RELIGIONS FOR PEACE - GLOBAL INTERFAITH YOUTH NETWORK harnesses the energy and commitment of religious youth leaders all over the world to advance the mission of multi-religious co-operation for peace. The Network gained full momentum in 2006 when the six regional inter-religious youth networks were launched in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East. Today, the Global Youth Network is developing programs to stop war, end poverty and protect the earth. *To participate in the activities and projects of the Global Interfaith Youth Network, contact Elida Jbeili @ [email protected]
Through the years JAPA has funded and promoted the Children’s Art for World Friendship, The STAR (Stop the Arms Race) Campaign, The Committee for World Development and World Disarmament, and travel delegations to New Delhi, India, Middle East, Nicaragua, Cuba and Vietnam. For 54 years we have sponsored and promoted the widely acclaimed Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards.