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United Nations

An international organization whose members include most of the sovereign nations of the world with headquarters in New York City. The primary objectives of the organization are to maintain peace and security and to achieve international cooperation in solving international economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian problems.

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Abstract

An international organization whose members include most of the sovereign nations of the world with headquarters in New York City. The primary objectives of the organization are to maintain peace and security and to achieve international cooperation in solving international economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian problems.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • UN
  • ESCAP
  • Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
  • Latin American Demographic Center
  • UNHCR
  • UNICEF
  • United Nations Children's Fund
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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80

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Previous Indexing

  • International Agencies (1966-1979)

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  1. N03w.540w.514.718w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. United Nations. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014480. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014480
  2. United Nations. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations
  3. United Nations. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1065