UNITED NATIONS WORK
UNITED NATIONS WORK
- Provides food to 90 million peoples in 75 countries
- Vaccinates 58 per cent of the world's children, saving 2.5 million lives a year
- Assists over 34 million refugees and people fleeing war, famine or persecution
- Combats climate change, works with 140 nations to prevent harmful mercury emissions
- Keeps peace with 120,000 peacekeepers in 16 operations on 4 continents
- Fights povetry, helping 370 million rural poor achieve better lives in the last 30 years
- Protects and promotes human rights on site and through some 80 treaties/diclarations
- Mobilizes US$12.5 million in humanitarian aid to help people affected by emergencies
- Uses diplomacy to prevent conflict; assist some 50 countries a year with elections
- Promotes maternal health, saving the lives of 30 million women a year
*source-UNITED NATIONS-Department of Public Information-2013
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