the United Nations

noun

: an international organization that helps to solve world conflicts peacefully

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Maduro's government views the development as a major security threat and has placed its armed forces on alert and appealed to the United Nations to intervene. MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025 In November, the United Nations held its 30th annual Climate Change Conference, or COP30, in Belém—an acknowledgment of the Amazon’s power, and its fragility. Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025 Hundreds of migrants died or went missing while trying to cross, according to the United Nations International Organization for Migration's Missing Migrants Project. Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 5 Nov. 2025 Years before a hurricane forms, their names are selected by the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Mason Leath, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the United Nations

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