united nations

The United Nations, an intergovernmental organization with the objective to promote cooperation and piece. Beside peace, The United Nations supports international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, political freedoms and democracy
The UN organization was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations. It had its original objective to stop and prevent wars between nations
The organization started with 51 member states; there are now 193.
It has six principal organs: the General Assembly; the Security Council; the Economic and Social Council; the Secretariat; the International Court of Justice; and the United Nations Trusteeship Council; the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and United Nations Children's Fund.

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The Ark of Return is a design piece of sculpture that will be installed in the UN plaza in 2014.

The project is a representation of a slave ship and lone slave beside it, which symbolizes the journey of the transatlantic slave trade from bondage to freedom.

A memory piece, it invites viewers to reflect on what forces created the slave trade and were ultimately defeated by democracy.

The design will be hewn in shining white marble, emblematic of spirituality.

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Stabilization Mission MINUSTAH Director Edmond Mulet stated following the 2010 Haiti election in general everything goes well, all is quiet.

Created on June 2004, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti also called MINUSTAH was created by the U.N. Security Council resolution 1542 with the responsibility to restore security in Haiti. This new United Nation force is also responsible to strengthen the Haitian institutions that have become very weak following a series of instability in Haitian government.
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, was severely affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Among close three hundred people who died in the quake, 96 of them were U.N peacekeepers. This was the biggest single loss of life in the history of UN peacekeeping

In the meantime, two-third of the candidates who participated in the election joined together to denounce the election, accusing the government of widespread fraud, including voter intimidation. Many voters took on the streets on the day of the election to demonstrate their dissatisfaction.

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This is a picture of U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters. With 19 other congressmen, together they addressed a letter to Ban Ki-moon regarding taking responsibilities for spreading cholera in Haiti.

Here is the complete list of the U.S. authorities who signed the letter: Maxine Waters ; Barbara Lee ; Yvette D. Clarke ; Frederica S. Wilson ; Jan Schakowsky ; John Conyers, Jr. ; Alcee L. Hastings ; Charles B. Rangel ; Corrine Brown ; Donald M. Payne, Jr. ; Bobby L. Rush ; Wm. Lacy Clay ; Raúl M. Grijalva ; Debbie Wasserman Schultz ; John Lewis ; Gregory W. Meeks ; Donna F. Edwards ; Keith Ellison ; Carolyn B. Maloney"

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The United nations has decided not to take responsibility for the cholera outbreak in Haiti. Several independent studies have concluded that they are in fact responsible. In addition to that, the UN has claimed full diplomatic diplomatic immunity

Ban Ki-moon, rejected claim for compensation filed in 2011 on behalf of cholera victims in Haiti, as "not receivable" because of the United Nations' has diplomatic immunity.

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The Northern Ireland golfer Rory McIlroy is scheduled to visit Haiti in June 2011 to assess the progress made by UNICEF in delivering needed services to Haitian children. McIlroy is one of the current global ambassadors for UNICEF branch of the United Nations. This trip to Haiti will constitute the first trip for McIlroy as ambassador for U.N.

Born in Ireland on May 4th, 1989, Rory McIlroy is a successful amateur and professional golf player. At the age of sixteen, McIlroy participated for the first time in the British Masters

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While on a visit to Chile, Haitian president made his intention known about what he wants out of The United Nation Peace keeping force, MINUSTAH. According to the Haitian president, Michel Martelly, the 12,000 soldiers that make the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti could be used in a better way than maintaining peace in Haiti, which is their only function at this time.

Chile is a major contributor to the UN force. The former Chilean foreign minister Mariano Fernandez is currently the head of MINUSTAH in Haiti. In addition, 500 Chileans are among MINUSTAH, providing security and peace keeping in Haiti

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