The world health organization. to mention but one. has been a major player in the worldwide campaign to eradicate smallpox. measles. polio. and other dreaded but preventable diseases. The accomplishments of the United Nations have been recognized and honored by the world community. On four separate occasions. U.N. activities and agencies have been recipients of Nobel peace prizesthe blue helmet peacekeepers. the U.N. Childrens Fund. the U.N. Office of High Commissioner for Refugees. Clearly the world is a different place than it was 50 years age. The acts of aggression and threats to peace once posed by the East/West conflict have been replaced by a growing number of equally bedeviling ethnic rivalries. civil wars and humanitarian calamities throughout the globe.
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