United Nations
International diplomatic body
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and cooperation among nations.
Its headquarters are in New York City.
Member states participate through bodies like the General Assembly and Security Council.
The United Nations condemned the invasion.
The abbreviation UN is equally common: a UN resolution, UN peacekeepers.
Main UN body
- Security CouncilInternational peace oversight body
- SecretariatRecord-setting Triple Crown champion
- charterFounding organizational document
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
member states · veto · sanctions · headquarters · UNICEF · UNESCO · WHO · UNHCR
Head covers tinted azure
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- buffer zoneNeutral area between rivals
- conflict resolutionSettling disputes between parties
- troop deploymentStationing soldiers operationally
mandate · disarmament · reintegration · monitoring · peace accord · peacekeeper · truce · demilitarized zone
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
mediation · arbitration · consensus · accord · pact · dialogue · multilateralism · foreign policy
Person fleeing danger abroad
- aidSupport given freely
- reliefEasing of distress
- disaster responseOrganized aid after catastrophe
- famineSevere food shortage
emergency · UNHCR · asylum · displacement · camps · resettlement · food security · clean water
Decreasing numbers below subsistence
- climate actionMeasures addressing atmospheric change
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- gender equalityEqual treatment regardless sex
- education accessAvailability of schooling
economic development · technical assistance · global partnership
General Assembly
Main UN body
- Security CouncilInternational peace oversight body
- SecretariatRecord-setting Triple Crown champion
- charterFounding organizational document
resolution · member states · veto · sanctions · headquarters · UNICEF · UNESCO · WHO · UNHCR · signatory
blue helmets
Head covers tinted azure
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- buffer zoneNeutral area between rivals
- conflict resolutionSettling disputes between parties
troop deployment · mandate · disarmament · reintegration · monitoring · peace accord · peacekeeper · truce · demilitarized zone · stabilization
negotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- delegateEntrust authority to another
summit · mediation · arbitration · consensus · accord · pact · dialogue · multilateralism · foreign policy · international law
refugee
Person fleeing danger abroad
- aidSupport given freely
- reliefEasing of distress
- disaster responseOrganized aid after catastrophe
famine · emergency · UNHCR · asylum · displacement · camps · resettlement · food security · clean water · vaccination campaign
poverty reduction
Decreasing numbers below subsistence
- climate actionMeasures addressing atmospheric change
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- gender equalityEqual treatment regardless sex
education access · economic development · technical assistance · global partnership
- global cooperationmultilateralism, coalitions, peace treaty, peace treaties, summits
- International BodiesUN, EU, NATO, IMF, World Bank
- Foreign Affairsforeign affairs, foreign relations, diplomatic relations, embassies, ambassadors
- foreign policydiplomacy, diplomatic negotiations, sanctions, containment, deterrence
- GenevaRed Cross, WHO, Lake Geneva, Geneva Conventions, watchmaking
- geneva institutionsWHO, Red Cross, ICRC, WTO, UNHCR
United Nationsunilateralism
Acting without international cooperation
isolationism · go-it-alone · unilateral action · national sovereignty · America First
United Nationsnation-state
Sovereign political territory
sovereign state · empire · national government · world government · monarchy
United NationsThird Reich
Hitler's totalitarian German state
imperial conquest · Nazi Germany · Imperial Japan · military aggression · war of conquest
unit, union, uniform, unique, united, unity, universal, uniting, unison