Priorities of the United Nations
The maintenance or restoration of peace is the paramount task of the United Nations Security Council. It decides what action is appropriate – including the mandating of peace missions, for example – to achieve that goal.
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The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It is the United Nations' principal organ when it comes to women's issues and equal rights. Its main task is to promote women's rights and to ensure equal rights for women.
Read more: Women's issues in the United Nations
In Germany in 2007 organized crime caused damages totalling 457 million euro. The proportion of offences with international links and the share of cases in which suspects of different nationalities worked together was around 85 percent. That is why an effective fight against this form of crime is dependent on international cooperation. One important step on the road to closer cooperation is the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, adopted on 15 November 2000 by the United Nations General Assembly.
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The impact of globalization is increasing the need for foreign policy responses to health policy issues. New technologies and open markets have boosted the mobility of people, goods and services but also increased the vulnerability to health risks. Only international cooperation can effectively curb transnational health threats and tap the potential of globalization.
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Today global environmental policy is conducted under United Nations (UN) auspices. When the United Nations was founded in 1945, however, environmental protection was not an issue and there is no mention of it in the UN Charter. This is still the case of course, but there is now considerable public awareness of the importance of this issue.
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