Achievements

In the 75 years of its existence , the United Nations have achieved a number of things . Here are some of them:

• The UN has helped many countries become democratic and peaceful states.
• The UN plays an important role in protecting our environment. The “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 was a big conference about climate control and other problems of our environment.
• The International Atomic Energy Agency is a UN organisation that controls the nuclear weapons of countries and sees to it that they don’t build an atomic bomb.
• Since 1950, the UN has given help to over 50 million refugees. These people had to leave their countries because of war, hunger or diseases.
• Africa is the poorest continent in our world. The UN has given African countries money and other kinds of help so that they can feed people and give them safe and clean water.
• UNICEF helps children who live in poverty and protects their rights.
• The FAO helps farmers develop ways of growing food in poor countries, so that millions of people have enough to eat.

UN aid workers help refugees
Image: Robert Palomares, U.S. Navy, Public domain,
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UNICEF worker helps children in Central Africa
Image: Norwegian, CC BY 3.0,
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