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UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNCTAD founded: December 30, 1964

UNCTAD headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

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UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNCTAD founded: December 30, 1964

UNCTAD headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

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United Nations Ocean Conference is being organized from June 27 to July 1, 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal which will be co-hosted by the governments of Kenya and Portugal.

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ESCAP formed: 28 March 1947

ESCAP has: 53 Member States (mostly from the Asia and Pacific regions)

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UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Ghada Fathi Waly: Director-General/ Executive Director of UNODC since: 1 February 2020

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UNSC, a UN organ founded: 24th October 1945

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The presidency of the Council is held by each of the members in turn for one month.

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The Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027) and its inter-agency, system-wide plan of action has been a platform to rally coordinated action for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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The UN Interim Force in Lebanon was established in 1978.

It patrols the southern border of Lebanon known as blue line.

UNO stands for United Nations Organization.

Founded: October 24, 1945

Headquarters located in New York 

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UNEP stands for United Nations Environment Program.

The United Nations Environment Programme is responsible for coordinating the UN's environmental activities and assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices

Formed in 1972.

Headquarters located in Nairobi.

World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5th.