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UNICEF stands for: United National international children's emergency fund

UNICEF: a United Nations agency

UNICEF: responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

    UNICEF works in more than 192 countries and territories

    UNICEF Formed: 11 December 1946

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The UN Charter was finalized at the San Francisco Conference 

The Charter of the United Nations is the founding document of the United Nations.

It was signed on 26 June 1945

The Charter consists of 111 articles grouped into 19 chapters

It establishes the purposes, governing structure, and framework of the UN system.

****Iincluding its six principal organs:

1. the Secretariat,
2. the General Assembly,
3. the Security Council,
4. the Economic and Social Council,
5. the International Court of Justice,
6. the Trusteeship Council.

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):

• The treaty was signed at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Earth Summit. 
• The Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in the year 1992.
• The Convention came into force on 21st March 1994.
• The Convention aims at combating climate change by controlling the emission of Greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
• The Convention currently has 197 countries as its members and provisions of the treaty are not binding on them, rather only provide directions to achieve the goals.

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• UNHCR: United Nations High Commission for Refugees

• UNHCR founded: 1950

• UNHCR headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
• UNHCR won Nobel Peace Prize: 1954

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FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

FAO stands for The Food and Agricultural Organization 

It was founded on 16 October 1945

Its headquarters is located in Rome, Italy.

World Food Day is observed on 16 October. 

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The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health

The United Nations General Assembly has declared  2019 as the international year of indigenous language

the United Nations General Assembly declared 2018-2028 as the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”.

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• اقوام متحدہ کے رکن ممالک کی تعداد 193 ہے۔
• اقوام متحدہ کا صدر دفتر نیویارک میں ہے۔
• اقوام متحدہ کو 24 اکتوبر 1945 کو قائم کیا گیا۔
• پاکستان نے اقوام متحدہ کو 30 ستمبر 1947 کو جوائن کیا۔

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Top three contributors to the United Nations (UN).

1. USA

2. China

3. Japan