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• n  an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security

• United Nations
• UN

News & Articles

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• Men In Skirts: Swedish Train Workers Ditch Pants In Heat Wave
  Amid record high temperatures to Sweden last month, temperatures inside un-air-conditioned cars on Stockholm commuter trains reached about 95° Fahrenheit (35° Celsius), and male train drivers sweltered in long pants. Their company dress code prohibited short pants, while female employees could wear skirts.
  June 12, 2013 - Forbes
• UN envoy: 'Streets are heating up' in south Yemen
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy to Yemen warned Tuesday that "the streets are heating up" in the country's restive south and pent-up resentment over more than two decades of unaddressed grievances is reaching "a tipping point."
  June 11, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• UN mediator sees breakthrough in Guinea election talks
  CONAKRY (Reuters) - The Guinean government and opposition parties in the West African nation have made a breakthrough during talks on Sunday that could end a violent political impasse and pave the way for legislative elections, a United Nations envoy said. President Alpha Conde's government and Guinea's opposition parties are locked in a United Nations-mediated talk over the organisation of a ...
  June 10, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in BBC News
  North Korea broke the rules once more by testing a rocket that could be used for a long-range missile,Mr Obama told a crowd in the Czech capital, Prague. "This provocation underscores the need for action - not just this afternoon at the UN...
• Elizabeth II in eTaiwan News
  In my lifetime, the UN has moved from being a high-minded aspiration to being a real force for common good,Elizabeth told diplomats from the 192 UN member states. "That of itself has been a signal achievement."
• Jim Bunning in AFP
  This massive bailout is not a solution. It is financial socialism and it's un-American,said Senator Jim Bunning, a member of Bush's Republican Party.