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Diplomacy (foreign policy): The process of negotiations, among nations, usually by accredited representatives of a government. While the details of the negotiations may not be public information, the fact of the diplomatic negotiations is official and acknowledged ^[e]
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Core organizations

United Nations Charter: The core "rule book" for jurisdiction of the United Nations ^[e]
Secretary-General of the United Nations: Add brief definition or description
United Nations General Assembly: Add brief definition or description
United Nations Security Council: One of the principal organs of the United Nations, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. ^[e]
- United Nations Security Council resolutions: Over 2000 resolutions have been passed by the United Nations Security Council ^[e]

Technical agencies

Food and Agriculture Organization: A policy, technical, and operational agency, under the auspices of the United Nations, which deals with agriculture, fisheries and forestry, as well as humanitarian relief of hunger ^[e]
International Atomic Energy Agency: An international organization established in July 1957, which seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for military purposes. ^[e]
International Maritime Organization: The United Nations agency responsible for avoiding pollution from ships, and implementing the Safety of Life at Sea convention ^[e]
UNESCO: Specialized agency of the UN, created in 1946, to aid peace by promoting international cooperation in education, science, and culture. ^[e]
UNSCOM: A United Nations agency, created in April 1991, to inspect Iraq for weapons of mass destruction and long-range guided missiles, and to supervise destruction of weapons and production facilities ^[e]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Within the United Nations organization, the senior staff official responsible for human rights matters ^[e]
UN Human Rights Council: A multinational body, supported by but separate from the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, created by the United Nations General Assembly in 2006 ^[e]
United Nations Development Programme: UN organization chartered with carrying out worldwide development goals, beginning with cutting world poverty in half by the year 2015 ^[e]
World Food Programme: Add brief definition or description
World Health Organization: United Nations' agency for health, focussing on the control and prevention of diseases, and the support for international health programs. ^[e]

Initiatives

Korean War: (1950-1953) war on the Korean peninsula in which about 3 million people died (mostly civilians), begun when North Korea, backed by China, attempted to overrun South Korea, which had been placed under the control of U.S.-led United Nations forces after the surrender of Japan at the end of WW II. ^[e]
Quartet on the Middle East: An international group comprising the United Nations, the European Union, the United States of America and Russia, concerned with bringing about an agreed settlement in the conflict over Israel and Palestine. ^[e]

Diplomatic representation

Susan Rice: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in the Obama administration; previously senior fellow in foreign policy, Brookings Institution ^[e]

History

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration: International agency chartered in Atlantic City, New Jersey in November, 1943 and tasked with providing relief to refugees in Europe and China in the aftermath of World War II. ^[e]

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