TY - BOOK ED - United Nations. TI - Basic facts: About the United Nations SN - 9211008506 (pbk.) AV - JZ4970 .B38 2011 PY - 2000/// CY - New York PB - United Nations Department of Public Information KW - United Nations N2 - "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 ER -