United Nations, international organization established on October 24, 1945. Headquartered in New York City, the United Nations also has regional offices in Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi. Its official languages are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian,
The United Nations (UN) is an internationalnonprofit organizationformed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among its member countries. There are more than 190 member states in the UN—all of which are part of the UN's General Assembly. Headquartered in New York, the organizat...
Secretary-general, the principal administrative officer of the United Nations. See Secretariat. The table provides a historical list of UN
UNITED NATIONS, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) on Friday delivered robust commitments by United Nations (UN) member states to strengthen financing and institutions to eradicate women's and girls' poverty. Globally, 10.3 percent of women...
The listing of the Spring Festival as a UN holiday was widely welcomed among member states and staff members of the UN Secretariat, Dai added. The United Nations identifies globally observed holidays as floating holidays and refrains from scheduling meetings on such occasions. ...
The listing of the Spring Festival as a UN holiday was widely welcomed among member states and staff members of the UN Secretariat, Dai added. The United Nations identifies globally observed holidays as floating holidays and refrains from scheduling meetings on such occasions.■...
The listing of the Spring Festival as a UN holiday was widely welcomed among member states and staff members of the UN Secretariat, Dai added. The United Nations identifies globally observed holidays as floating holidays and refrains from scheduling meetings on such occasions. ■...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The president of the General Assembly appealed to the U.N.’s 193 member nations on Thursday to take “concrete actions” to promote peace during next month’s winter Olympics in Beijing.
There are 193 member nations in the U.N., many of which observe a variety of festivals that are not official U.N. holidays, which is why staff there also have a number of days off and the option to take off one of eight floating holidays: Yom Kippur, Vesak Day, Diwali, Gurpurab, ...
The minister said China upholds the authority of the United Nations and practices multilateralism. He said China faithfully fulfills its responsibilities and missions as a UN Security Council permanent member. China has dispatched more than 50,000 peacekeepers, and is the second-largest c...