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WORLDMARK
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NATIONS
UNITED NATIONS
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WORLDMARK
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NATIONS
Volume 1
UNITED NATIONS
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Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, Eleventh Edition
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CONTENTS
Contributors ................................................................. vi
Acknowledgments ....................................................... xii
Foreword ..................................................................... xv
Preface to the Seventh Edition .................................... xvi
Foreword to the First Edition ....................................... xvi
Introduction to the First Edition ..................................xvii
Notes to the Eleventh Edition....................................... xx
Staff of the United Nations System ............................ 196
Bibliography ............................................................. 197
THE UNITED NATIONS RELATED AGENCIES
Agencies of the United Nations System .................... 203
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ........ 204
The International Labour Organization (ILO) ............ 212
The Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO) ................................... 224
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ........................... 236
The World Health Organization (WHO) .................... 246
The International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) .............................................. 261
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) ............................. 267
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ... 271
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ...... 276
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) ........ 281
The World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) ............................................. 286
The International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) .............................................. 290
The United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO) ........................................... 293
The World Trade Organization (WTO) ...................... 297
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) .................... 302
The World Bank Group ............................................. 311
THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM
The United Nations Family of Organizations .................2
Structure of the United Nations System ........................3
Comparison with the League of Nations .......................6
The Making of the United Nations ................................8
Purposes and Principles ...............................................10
Membership ...............................................................11
United Nations Headquarters ......................................15
The United Nations Budget .........................................19
The General Assembly .................................................23
The Security Council ...................................................27
The Economic and Social Council ...............................35
The Trusteeship Council ..............................................39
The International Court of Justice ................................42
The Secretariat ............................................................46
The Secretary-General .................................................50
International Peace and Security .................................64
Arms Regulation and Disarmament .............................83
Peaceful Uses of Outer Space ......................................99
Law of the Sea ..........................................................102
Economic and Social Development ...........................105
Technical Cooperation Programs ..............................119
Social and Humanitarian Assistance ...........................134
Human Rights ...........................................................157
Independence of Colonial Peoples ............................167
International Law ......................................................176
Universal Declaration of Human Rights .....................181
Addresses of the Principal
United Nations Organizations .................................184
United Nations Online Databases ..............................193
United Nations Depository Libraries ..........................194
SUPPLEMENTS
Polar Regions............................................................. 327
World Tables ............................................................. 334
Conversion Tables ..................................................... 363
Abbreviations and Acronyms ..................................... 364
Glossary of Religious Holidays .................................... 367
Glossary of Special Terms .......................................... 370
General Bibliography ................................................ 372
Index to Countries and Territories.............................. 378
Index to the United Nations and Related Agencies ... 382
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