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• Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
  ...by the United Nations Statistics Division and previously by the League of Nations. ...r the Bulletin include the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Civil Service Com
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• Korean War
  Under the aegis of the [[United Nations]], nations allied with the United States intervened on behalf of South Korea. After rapid advances in a South ...nflict expanded, becoming a proxy battle in the [[Cold War]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]]. The term has also been used to describe
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• Internationalism
  ....org/wiki/World_Federalist_Movement World Federalist Movement], claim that nations should [[cooperate]] because their long-term [[mutual]] interests are of gr ...chauvinism. Internationalism [[presupposes]] the [[recognition]] of other nations as [[equal]], in spite of all their [[differences]]. The term international
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• Polling the Nations
  '''''[https://0-poll.orspub.com.catalog.sewanee.edu/ Polling the Nations]''''' 14,000 surveys conducted by more than 700 polling organizations in the United States and more than 80 other countries.
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• World War II
  ...global [[War|military conflict]] which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military al ...age for the [[Cold War]], which lasted for the next 45 years. The [[United Nations]] was formed in the hope of preventing another such conflict. The [[self-de
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• 911
  ...w.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/SC7143.doc.htm] by Islamic extremists on The United States.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11%2C_2001_attacks]
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• Desertion
  ...thority]] was subsequently formulated into International Law by the United Nations as we see in this quote: ...nscientious_objection Conscientious objection] to military service, United Nations Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/77” [[recognized]] that “[[p
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• FAOSTAT
  From the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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• Refugees
  A '''refugee''' is defined by the United Nations [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Relating_to_the_Status_of_Refugee ...ons_Relief_and_Works_Agency_for_Palestine_Refugees_in_the_Near_East United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East] (UNRWA), w
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• State of Food and Agriculture
  ...Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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• Captal Punishment
  ...in India and in many US states it is rarely employed). Each of these four nations has consistently voted against the General Assembly resolutions.[https://en
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• Immigration
  ...s come from Asia. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations United Nations] estimates that there are 214 million migrants across the globe, an increas The United Nations found that, in 2005, there were nearly 1 million international migrants wor
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• Cosmopolitan
  ...al]] [[relationships]] between [[nations]] or [[individuals]] of different nations. A [[person]] who adheres to the idea of cosmopolitanism in any of its form ...ationship, or a political [[structure]] that [[encompasses]] [[different]] nations. In its more positive versions, the cosmopolitan community is one in which
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• Hostage
  ...983 and has been ratified by all but 24 of the member states of the United Nations.
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• Dominion
  ...ed : a self-governing nation of the Commonwealth of Nations other than the United Kingdom that acknowledges the British monarch as chief of [[state]] ...iki/Commonwealth_of_Nations British Commonwealth] that [[shared]] with the United Kingdom the same [[person]] as their respective [[monarch]]. These have inc
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• Custody
  ...ies, terms such as "residence" and "contact" (known as "visitation" in the United States) have superseded the [[concepts]] of "custody" and "[[access]]". Ins ...nal_Child_Abduction The Hague Convention] seeks to avoid this, also in the United States of America, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Child_Custody
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• Orphan
  ...ferent]] definitions to identify orphans. One legal definition used in the United States is a minor bereft through "[[death]] or disappearance of, abandonmen ...pedia.org/wiki/Joint_United_Nations_Programme_on_HIV_and_AIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS] (UNAIDS), and other [[groups]] label any child t
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• Literacy
  The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization] (UNESCO) defines literac ...hat the [[definition]] of literacy should be expanded. For example, in the United States, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_of_Teachers_of_
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• New York City
  ...e of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Headquarters United Nations Headquarters], New York is an important center for international [[diplomac ...le, and is also part of the most populous Combined Statistical Area in the United States, containing an estimated 23.4 million people.
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• Torture
  '''Torture''', according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is: ...y civilians) in armed conflicts. Torture is also prohibited by the United Nations Convention Against Torture, which has been ratified by 145 states.
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