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Download or read book The United Nations System written by Graeme Baber and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume introduces the United Nations by considering its purposes, as stated in Article 1 of its Charter. It provides a concise history of this institution, and describes its structure, concentrating on its Funds and Programmes, Specialized Agencies, and Regional Commissions. It then splits the work into two different major sections, on the basis of topic and geographical region. The former includes the following: development, education, environment, food and agriculture, and peace and security, while the latter comprises Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. These are followed by reflective comments and concluding remarks.