Category Social Sciences

Millions of Europeans either lost their homes or fled from their homeland after the Second World War. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1950 to help these homeless refugees. The UNHCR is still at work today protecting refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.

The UNHCR worked relentlessly for the refugees in Hungary, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and South Asia. Currently, this organisation works in a total of 134 countries to safeguard the rights and well-being of people who have been forced out of their homelands. Apart from finding permanent solutions, its work also ensures that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another country.

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The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) was set up in 1966 to promote and accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID). Currently, the UNIDO has 170 member states and the industrial development policies in these countries adhere to the norms of the organisation.

The UNIDO strives to make sure that industrial development in its member states follows the model of sustainable development without causing much burden to the environment. The UNIDO comes under the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

The focus of the works of the UNIDO is as follows:

• Creating shared prosperity
• Advancing economic competitiveness
• Safeguarding the environment
• Strengthening knowledge and institutions

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Earlier, if two countries had to exchange mail, they had to come to an agreement with each other known as the postal treaty. This created huge problems as a country had to get into a lot of agreements to make mail services possible.

If there was no treaty between two countries for the direct delivery of mails, senders sometimes resorted to mail forwarders who would transfer the mail through an intermediate country.

The Universal Postal Union (UPU) was established to coordinate postal policies among member nations. The Universal Postal Union was set up by the Treaty of Bern of 1874. Earlier, it was known as the General Postal Union. By joining the Universal Postal Union, each member agrees to the same terms for conducting international postal duties.

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People around the world like to travel and explore new lands. Travelling provides lessons in life that no textbooks can offer. While tourism can contribute significantly to the growth of a nation’s economy, it can also damage the environment. Here’s where the work of the World Tourism Organisation comes in.

It focuses on the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism.

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) sees tourism as a major factor of economic growth. Therefore, it offers leadership and support to the tourism sector in advancing knowledge. It also makes tourism policies worldwide that would improve the contribution of tourism to the socio-economic development.

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Millions of people around the world go to bed hungry, without having even one proper meal a day. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) works to defeat hunger. There are poor people in both rich and poor countries.

So, this organisation remains neutral and considers all countries-developed and developing-alike. This is in stark contrast with other policies of the UN like the rules about membership contribution.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) works to modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices in order to ensure good nutrition and food security for all.

Besides, the organisation works to produce up-to-date information about poverty, hunger and challenges to nutrition.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation also works to adopt strategies that would help in producing a higher yield. It also makes sure that nature is not distributed in this process.

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More than half of the world population is workers. The International Labour Organisation (ILO)works for everything that is related to labour and conditions of labour.

The ILO was established to provide better working conditions and improve living standards. It works for social justice by promoting decent work environment by setting up international standards of labour.

The ILO was established in 1919 and is concerned with the freedom of trade unions, unemployment, equal wages, and abolishing forced labour and child labour. The International Labour Orgnaisation won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969 for providing justice for workers and providing technical assistance to poor nations.

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