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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International peacekeeping

Constructing international identity : the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization, and World Health Organization, 1945-1965 / by Amy L.S. Staples.

International targets for development / edited by Richard Symonds.

Report of an evaluation of the family planning programme of the government of Pakistan / prepared for the Government of Pakistan by a Joint United Nations - World Health Organization advisory mission.

Sanitätsdientsliche Unterstützung der UNO : Einsatz in Kamdodscha Berichte, Erfahrungen, Probleme, Aussichten Referate anläl̊ich des Symposiums im Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm vom 4.-6. März 1993 und Beiträge über den weiteren Einsatz / herausgegeben von Heinz Gerngross und Yorck-Bernhard Kalke.

A woman lying down receiving a blood transfusion from a blood bag that has apparently not been tested for HIV since it bears the skeletal face of death; an AIDS prevention advertisement in Maldivian. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

A smiling couple in traditional Maldivian dress with a green hut and palm tree in the background with Maldivian (Divehi) lettering; an AIDS prevention advertisement. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

A pink microscope reflecting a magnified view of the HIV virus against a black and red background with Maldivian (Divehi) lettering; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

Pastel-coloured figures float amidst leaf shapes against a backdrop of bullet point text describing the United Nations Principles of HIV infection; an advertisement by the Estonian Association "Anti-AIDS". Colour lithograph, 1994.

A man receiving a shave and a hair cut at the barbers representing the dangers of using unsterilised sharp instruments and contracting AIDS; an AIDS prevention advertisement in Maldivian by the Department of Public Health, Maldives. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

Transfer of technology for successful integration into the global economy / United Nations.

Equalization of opportunities and community-based rehabilitation : reports of a workshop and a s tudy attachment in the field of disability / United Nations.

Human rights. Fact Sheet No. 10, The rights of the child.

Human rights. Fact Sheet No. 4, Methods of combating torture.

Human rights. Fact Sheet No. 15, Civil and political rights : the human rights committee.

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Transfer of technology for successful integration into the global economy / United Nations.

Equalization of opportunities and community-based rehabilitation : reports of a workshop and a s tudy attachment in the field of disability / United Nations.

Human rights. Fact Sheet No. 10, The rights of the child.

Human rights. Fact Sheet No. 4, Methods of combating torture.

Human rights. Fact Sheet No. 15, Civil and political rights : the human rights committee.