The following lists events that happened with or in collaboration with the United Nations and its agencies in the year 2020. António Manuel de Oliveira...
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The Charter of the United Nations (UN) is the foundational treaty of the United Nations. It establishes the purposes, governing structure, and overall...
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predate the founding of the United Nations in 1945 and were inherited after the dissolution of the League of Nations. The executive heads of some of the United...
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The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or UNSECGEN) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations...
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The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization with the intended purpose of maintaining international peace and security...
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The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres (6.9 to 7.3 ha) of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New...
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The member states of the United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states. The United Nations (UN) is the world's largest intergovernmental organization....
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The United States ambassador to the United Nations is the leader of the U.S. delegation, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. The position is formally...
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The flag of the United Nations is a sky blue banner containing the United Nations' emblem in the centre. The emblem on the flag is coloured white; it is...
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came to be known as the United Nations Declaration, and the next day the representatives of 22 other nations added their signatures. The other original signatories...
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The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; French: Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving...
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UNICEF (redirect from The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)
the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible...
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of the members of the United Nations and is one of five permanent members of its Security Council. One of the victorious Allies of World War II (the Chinese...
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Peacekeeping by the United Nations is a role of the UN's Department of Peace Operations as an "instrument developed by the organization as a way to help...
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The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket...
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Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an educational model of the United Nations used for simulations in which students learn about diplomacy...
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United Nations Day is an annual commemorative day, reflecting the official creation of the United Nations on 24 October 1945. In 1947, the United Nations...
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United Nations Specialized Agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the co-ordinating machinery of...
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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace...
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United Nations Command (UNC or UN Command) is the multinational military force established to support the Republic of Korea (South Korea) during and after...
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The official languages of the United Nations are the six languages used in United Nations (UN) meetings and in which the UN writes all its official documents...
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The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea Treaty, is an international...
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The 2020 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic Party's nominee, former vice president Joe Biden, defeated incumbent...
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of the Atlantic Charter. It appeared in the Declaration by United Nations on January 1, 1942, in which 26 nations pledged to continue fighting the Axis...
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The 2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election...
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The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic...
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The following is a timeline of major events before, during, and after the 2020 United States presidential election, the 59th quadrennial United States...
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The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or MONUSCO (an acronym based on its French name Mission...
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. It...
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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced...
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