1. name the various special agencies of the UN ?
2. when was UNESCO established ? what is its function .
3. name two major diseases eradicated through the assistance of the wh in the member states .
4. how does the World bank help developing countries ?
5. write down any two achievements of the UN .
please answer these questions
Answers
Explanation:
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization.
IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development.
ILO: International Labour Organization.
IMF: International Monetary Fund.
IMO: International Maritime Organization.
ITU: International Telecommunication Union.
16 November 1945, London, United Kingdo
UNESCO's mission is to contribute to the building of a culture of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.
Two infectious diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.
The World Bank Group works with developing countries to reduce poverty and increase shared prosperity, while the International Monetary Fund serves to stabilize the international monetary system and acts as a monitor of the world's currencies.
Since its inception, the United Nations has performed numerous humanitarian, environmental and peace-keeping undertakings, including: Providing food to 90 million people in over 75 countries. Assisting more than 34 million refugees. Authorizing 71 international peacekeeping missions.
1. name the various special agencies of the UN ?
✔︎Specialized Agencies of the United Nations
The UN maintains close working relationships with 15 international organizations that have been designated as "specialized agencies" of the UN, even though they are independent legal entities.
- Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Rome
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) - Montreal
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) -Rome
- International Labour Organization (ILO) - Geneva
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Washington, DC
- International Maritime Organization (IMO) - London
- International Telecommunications Union (ITU) -
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Paris
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) - Vienna
- United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) - Madrid
- Universal Postal Union (UPU) - Bern, Switzerland
- World Health Organization (WHO) - Geneva
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - Geneva
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - Geneva
- World Bank - Washington, DC
2. when was UNESCO established ? what is its function
✔︎UNESCO was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.
The main functions of UNESCO are to ensure that every child has access to a proper education, promoting cultural acceptance between nations while protecting historical sites, improving technology to aid in the distribution of resources and energy, and secure the safety of individual expression and basic human rights.
3. name two major diseases eradicated through the assistance of the wh in the member states .
✔︎To date, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared only 2 diseases officially eradicated: smallpox caused by variola virus (VARV) and rinderpest caused by the rinderpest virus (RPV)
4. how does the World bank help developing countries ?
✔︎The World Bank is an international development organization owned by 187 countries. Its role is to reduce poverty by lending money to the governments of its poorer members to improve their economies and to improve the standard of living of their people. ... Today, most of the countries in the world are members.
5. write down any two achievements of the UN .
- The UNO has solved many international disputes and preserves peace in the world through peaceful negotiations.
- It settled disputes between Israel and Palestine, Iran and Iraq and withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.