Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Participants of the conference. The Dumbarton Oaks Conference, or, more formally, the Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization, was an international conference at which proposals for the establishment of a "general international organization", which was to become the United Nations, were formulated and negotiated.
Won the 1963 Nobel Peace Prize with the League of Red Cross Societies "for their work in the protection of human rights in the ICRC’S 100 years of existence." [16] Societá Interregionale per la Pace, Unione Lombarda [d] Milan, Italy 1901 Nominated the only time by Ed.Porro. [17] The English Peace Society [e] 1816 London, United Kingdom
A March 2007 United Nations General Assembly Resolution titled “Strengthening the capacity of the Organization in Peacekeeping Operations” called for the re-structuring of the department and the establishment of a separate Department of Field Support. Whereas the new entity serves as an enabler by coordinating the administration and ...
United Nations "for its effort to enhance solidarity between nations and reduce the difference between rich and poor states." [64] 1966: Not awarded: 1967: 1968: René Cassin (1887–1976) France "for his struggle to ensure the rights of man as stipulated in the UN Declaration." [65] 1969: International Labour Organization (founded 1919) United ...
The United Nations Office at Geneva in Switzerland is the second biggest U.N. centre after the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.. United Nations specialized agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the co-ordinating machinery of the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief ...
Current Missions Past Missions UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. IDP camp in Sudan resulting from the Darfur conflict.. This is a list of United Nations peacekeeping missions since the United Nations was founded in 1945, organized by region, with the dates of deployment, the name of the related conflict, and the name of the UN operation.
Peacekeeping by the United Nations is a role of the UN's Department of Peace Operations and an "instrument developed by the organization as a way to help countries torn by conflict to create the conditions for lasting peace". [2]
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations and countries, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for coordinating the actions of member states. [2]