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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), organization founded (1943) during World War II to give aid to areas liberated from the Axis powers. There were finally 52 participatin...

On

(Encyclopedia)On ŏn [key], in the Bible. 1 Reubenite conspirator in Korah's revolt. 2 The Egyptian Heliopolis. ...

Third World

(Encyclopedia)Third World, the technologically less advanced, or developing, nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, generally characterized as poor, having economies distorted by their dependence on the export...

environmentalism

(Encyclopedia)environmentalism, movement to protect the quality and continuity of life through conservation of natural resources, prevention of pollution, and control of land use. The philosophical foundations for ...

United Nations Children's Fund

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), a specialized fund of the United Nations. It was established in 1946 as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, and became a permanent part...

United Nations General Assembly

(Encyclopedia)United Nations General Assembly: see United Nations. ...

United Nations Members (table)

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Members

United Nations Security Council

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Security Council: see United Nations. ...

United Nations Trusteeship Council

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Trusteeship Council: see trusteeship, territorial. ...

Disarmament Conference

(Encyclopedia)Disarmament Conference, 1932–37, meeting for the discussion of general disarmament. The first systematic efforts to limit armaments on an international scale, in either a quantitative or a qualitati...