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International agency
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Description
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Date founded
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1
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United
Nations Organizations |
An intergovernmental
organization to promote international co-operation. Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security, promoting human rights, fostering social and economic development, protecting the environment, and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine, natural disaster, and armed conflict. |
New York, USA
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1945
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2
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United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) |
UNICEF
was created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. |
New York, USA
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1946
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3
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United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) |
Their
work involves the improvement of reproductive health; including creation of national strategies and protocols, and providing supplies and services. |
New
York, USA |
1969
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4
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Joint
United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) |
UNAIDS lead, strengthen and support an expanded
response to HIV and AIDS that includes preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support to those already living with the virus, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV and alleviating the impact of the epidemic. |
Geneva,
Switzerland |
1994
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5
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World
Food Program (WFP) |
This is
thefood assistance branch of the United Nations and the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. WFP works to help people who are unable to produce or obtain enough food for themselves and their families. |
Rome, Italy
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1961
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6
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Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) |
An agency of the United Nations that leads
international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. |
Quebec City, Canada
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1945
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7
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International
Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) |
Its
role is to conduct and coordinate research into the causes of cancer. It also collects and publishes surveillance data regarding the occurrence of cancer worldwide. |
Lyon,
France |
1965
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8
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World
Health Organization (WHO) |
It is a
specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. Since its creation, it has played a leading role in the eradication of smallpox. Its current priorities include communicable diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, Ebola, malaria and tuberculosis; the mitigation of the effects of non-communicable diseases; sexual and reproductive health, development, and aging; nutrition, food security and healthy eating; occupational health; substance abuse; and driving the development of reporting, publications, and networking. |
Geneva,
Switzerland |
1948
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9
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United Nations Development Fund for Women
(UNIFEM) |
It
provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women’s human rights, political participation and economic security. |
Geneva,
Switzerland |
1976
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10
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International
Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) |
It is a
specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries. It was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. |
Rome,
Italy |
1977
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