The United Nations (UN) is a massive intergovernmental organization founded after the end of World War II to foster healthy diplomacy; maintain global peace and stability; and facilitate international cooperation.
Based in New York with branches all over the world, the UN is the world's largest international organization.
It consists of six principal organs:
The UN also consists of several smaller agencies, such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The UN overall is led by the secretary-general, who is currently Antonio Guterres.
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"We have requested and received approval for more trucks to enter today, many more than were approved yesterday," The UN said.
Much of the concern surrounds GHF’s supply procedure, which would see the heads of Palestinian households collect boxes weighing up to 20kg.
While briefing the 15-member body earlier this week, UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said: "Will you act – decisively – to prevent genocide and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?"
In a letter sent to his staff and seen by Reuters, the prosecutor said that he had been keeping his position under constant review. "I have made the considered decision to take leave, he said.
Benjamin Netanyahu rose as a skilled statesman but fell due to political missteps and strained US ties, failing to navigate Palestinian realities and shifting American politics.
The UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine accepted around $20,000 in payment from pro-Hamas groups in order to fund her trips to Australia and New Zealand in late 2023.
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 departed from Amsterdam for Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014, and was shot down over eastern Ukraine.
One of the current provisions of the bill would be to preclude the ability of Israeli NGOs that receive a majority of their funding from foreign governments to petition the Israeli High Court.
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