the United Nations
noun
: an international organization that helps to solve world conflicts peacefully
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Russia, which once supported sanctions on North Korea, used its veto power in the United Nations earlier this year to shield Pyongyang from further scrutiny and Putin has backed often backed Kim’s narrative.
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Brad Lendon, CNN, 24 June 2024
That happened to be first on an alphabetical list of names for prospective 2024 storms compiled by an international committee of the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
Lebanon is confronting a national economic slide that has left half its citizens and more than 90% of Syrian and Palestinian refugees living here living below the poverty line, and relief agencies and the United Nations already face cash shortages.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2024
The contaminants have even been found in human livers, kidneys and placentas, according to the United Nations Environment Programme.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
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Brad Lendon, CNN, 24 June 2024
That happened to be first on an alphabetical list of names for prospective 2024 storms compiled by an international committee of the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
Lebanon is confronting a national economic slide that has left half its citizens and more than 90% of Syrian and Palestinian refugees living here living below the poverty line, and relief agencies and the United Nations already face cash shortages.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2024
The contaminants have even been found in human livers, kidneys and placentas, according to the United Nations Environment Programme.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
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