01266cam a2200229 a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000150008803500240010304000280012704200140015505000230016924500420019226000720023430000400030650000200034652005950036661000200096171000550098116889943OSt20180323114900.0110726s2011 nyuab i001 0 eng d a 2010681393 a9211007933 a(OCoLC)ocn744055079 aUIUcUIUdUIUdPGPdDLC alccopycat00aJZ 4970b.B38 199800aBasic Facts About the United Nations  aNew York :bUnited Nations Department of Public Information,c1998. axiv, 348 p. :bill., maps ;c21 cm. aIncludes index. a"Basic Facts about the United Nations sets forth the structure of the United Nations, how it works and its main activities and driving concerns. Along with explaining the role played by the UN principal organs and the family of UN organizations, Basic Facts ... explores UN contributions to international peace and security, economic and social development, human rights, humanitarian action, international law and decolonization. It also documents UN membership, peacekeeping operations and special observances, along with contact information for UN information centres."--P. [4] of cover.20aUnited Nations.2 aUnited Nations.bDepartment of Public Information.