A-Z: General definitions
- Ubi Sunt?
- Ulster
- Ulysses
- Unclean
- Unction
- Underground railroad
- Underworld
- Unequally Yoked
- Unfrock
- Unionist
- Unitarian
- United Nations
- Unities
- Universalism
- Unknown God
- Unleavened bread
- Unpardonable Sin
- Unregenerate
- Unreliable Narrator
- Unrepentant
- Unrighteousness
- Upright
- Uranus
- Uriah
- Urim and Thummin
- Usury
- Utilitarian
- Utilitarianism
- Utopia
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A-Z: General definitions: United Nations
Definition
The UN, an international organisation created after World War II, replaced the League of Nations, with the aim of promoting international co-operation and preventing another world war. The UN was established with 51 member states and by 2015 membership had increased to 193. Its aims broadened to include:
• maintaining international peace and security
• promoting human rights
• fostering social and economic development
• protecting the environment
• providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine, natural disaster, and armed conflict.
The global war which lasted from 1939 – 1945
An international peacekeeping organisation, founded in 1920. It was replaced by the United Nations in 1945.
