Comtemporary+World+Issues+and+the+UN

The establishment of the United Nations has provided the world with much hope. It is an international organization that does so much more than just "peacekeeping" and "peacemaking" (these terms should be distinguished from each other). The UN has many agencies. Each one operates to address one of the many challenges facing humanity, i.e. W.H.O. for health concerns, or I.L.O. International Labor Organization for the rights of workers. Indeed, most of what the UN does is outside of the realm of peacekeeping. Some agencies also perform functions for temporary or regional issues. For example, there is the UN Inter-agency on Human Trafficking (see the video below) media type="youtube" key="z0vRJ86fbUY" height="344" width="425"

Notes for UN: see KIS folder / HS Students / World History Grade 9 Assigned readings and questions for grading: