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All resolutions are included in these chronological lists. 1 to 100 (25 January 1946 – 27 October 1953); 101 to 200 (24 November 1953 – 15 March 1965); 201 to 300 (19 March 1965 – 12 October 1971)
9–0–2 (abstentions: Ukraine, USSR) Reviewing second and third reports from United Nations Atomic Energy Commission 53: 7 July 1948 8–0–3 (abstentions: Syria, Ukraine, USSR) Urgent appeal to pro-long the truce in Palestine 54: 15 July 1948 7–1–3 (against: Syria; abstentions: Argentina, Ukraine, USSR) Ceasefire in Palestine 55: 29 ...
Queen Elizabeth II, who was the Head of the Commonwealth, attended every CHOGM beginning with Ottawa in 1973 until Perth in 2011, [2] although her formal participation only began in 1997. [3] She was represented by the Prince of Wales at the 2013 meeting as the 87-year-old monarch was curtailing long-distance travel. [ 2 ]
Encyclopedia Galactica is the name of a number of fictional or hypothetical encyclopedias containing all the knowledge accumulated by a galaxy-spanning civilization, most notably in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. The concept of a "future encyclopedia" has become "something iconic among many lovers of the science fiction", and has been reused ...
"If 1 and 2 United Nations Plaza epitomized the utter sleekness of late modernism, 3 United Nations Plaza is the sort of building that cannot but be described by the term post-modern: it looks something like older buildings, it has ornamentation, and it has been designed to blend with rather than to stand aloof from its surroundings," wrote ...
The United Nations Global Pulse was launched in 2009 as an information initiative by the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General. [1] In August 2013, the New York Times reported that Global Pulse had its main "Pulse Lab" in New York City, with a staff of 14 there, plus a staff of 10 in their lab in Jakarta, Indonesia and 8 in their lab in Kampala, Uganda. [2]
The United Nations Information Centres (UNIC) were established in 1946, headquartered in New York, United States. [2] Spread across 63 countries worldwide. [ 3 ] These centres, until 2018, facilitated the exchange and sharing of current global events on behalf of the United Nations .
Global Classrooms is a U.S.-based global education program, belonging to the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), that engages middle school and high school students in an exploration of current world issues through Model United Nations, wherein students step into shoes of UN Ambassadors and debate a range of issues on the UN agenda.