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  2. United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations and countries, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for coordinating the actions of member states. [2]

  3. Member states of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. For the League of Nations, see Member states of the League of Nations. 193 United Nations member states 2 UN General Assembly observer states (the Holy See [a] and the State of Palestine) 2 eligible non-member states (the Cook Islands and Niue) 17 non-self-governing territories ...

  4. List of United Nations organizations by location - Wikipedia

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    The Palace of Nations.The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second most important UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters.. While the Secretariat of the United Nations is headquartered in New York City, its many bodies, specialized agencies, and related organizations are headquartered in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe.

  5. Proposals for the United States to withdraw from the United ...

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    Proponents of American unilateralism generally believe that a multilateral institution, such as the United Nations, is morally suspect because, they argue, it treats non-democratic, and even despotic, regimes as being as legitimate as democratic countries, and withdrawing from the United Nations would be a symbolic move at further distancing ...

  6. The UN admits member states ‘seem incapable of coming ... - AOL

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    The UN admits member states ‘seem incapable of coming together’—but it’s still notching wins with the private sector Peter Vanham, Chloe Taylor September 20, 2023 at 3:20 AM

  7. United States and the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The United States is a charter member of the United Nations and one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council.. The United States boasts the headquarters of the United Nations, which includes the usual meeting place of the General Assembly in New York City, on the north east coast of the country.

  8. Ukraine’s Zelensky questions why Russia still has place at UN ...

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    And if in the United Nations still – it’s a pity, but still – there is a place for Russian terrorists, the question is not to me. I think it’s a question to all the members of the United ...

  9. List of sovereign states - Wikipedia

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    The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...