the United Nations
noun
: an international organization that helps to solve world conflicts peacefully
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On Friday, the United Nations said that as of last month, there were nearly 250 active displacement sites across Haiti, housing many of the more than 1.3 million now displaced because of gangs.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 July 2025
That’s the reason the Philippines isn’t on the list; the Pacific Ocean island-nation remains No. 1—meaning the worst—by a wide margin among 193 countries on the latest World Risk Report compiled under the auspices of the United Nations.
—William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Climate change refers to the long-term shifts in weather patterns and temperatures as a result of human activity releasing carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, causing heat to stay trapped on Earth more easily, according to the United Nations.
—Zuri Primos
july 18, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2025
Waltz was removed from the position and nominated by Trump to be his U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 July 2025
That’s the reason the Philippines isn’t on the list; the Pacific Ocean island-nation remains No. 1—meaning the worst—by a wide margin among 193 countries on the latest World Risk Report compiled under the auspices of the United Nations.
—William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Climate change refers to the long-term shifts in weather patterns and temperatures as a result of human activity releasing carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, causing heat to stay trapped on Earth more easily, according to the United Nations.
—Zuri Primos
july 18, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2025
Waltz was removed from the position and nominated by Trump to be his U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
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