the United Nations
noun
: an international organization that helps to solve world conflicts peacefully
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In an executive order dated Feb. 4, Trump ordered a review within 180 days of U.S. participation in and funding for all international organizations, including the United Nations.
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Arkansas Online, 1 June 2025
An attorney from Panama, Alemán is now the first person to have visited all 193 countries recognized by the United Nations, traveled to the North and South Poles, and now, have been into space.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 31 May 2025
What happens when a famine is declared? Theoretically, governments and the international aid community, including the United Nations, unlock aid and funding to help feed people en masse.
—Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
From left, Sean Combs, Donald Trump and Melania Trump attend a UNICEF fundraiser at the United Nations on Feb. 6, 2008 in New York City.
—Nik Popli, Time, 30 May 2025
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Arkansas Online, 1 June 2025
An attorney from Panama, Alemán is now the first person to have visited all 193 countries recognized by the United Nations, traveled to the North and South Poles, and now, have been into space.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 31 May 2025
What happens when a famine is declared? Theoretically, governments and the international aid community, including the United Nations, unlock aid and funding to help feed people en masse.
—Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
From left, Sean Combs, Donald Trump and Melania Trump attend a UNICEF fundraiser at the United Nations on Feb. 6, 2008 in New York City.
—Nik Popli, Time, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for the United Nations
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