Steven Sayet 3/16/00 Soc.St Essay The United Nations is an international organization of self-governed states founded after the second world war. It was created to maintain international peace and security. It's goals were to develop friendly relations among nations and promote social progress to improve standards of life globally. One reason why the United Nations was created was to be a central location where nations could come to discuss long and short term problems in …showed first 75 words of 257 total…

…showed last 75 words of 257 total…the development of programs. These are just a few of other issues attended to by the United Nations. The United Nations today addresses issues of the: AIDS virus, Kosovo, NATO, and other health issues. The United Nations works towards preventing another World War and is against nuclear bombs. The United Nations today deals with many world conflicts that have occurred over the last four decades. The United Nations plays an important role in international conflicts.