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The United Nations

Unit 4 – Area of Study 2. The United Nations. Area of Study 2.

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The United Nations

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  1. Unit 4 – Area of Study 2 The United Nations

  2. Area of Study 2 On completion of this unit the student should be able to describe and evaluate programs implemented by international and Australian government and non-government organisations in promoting health, human development and sustainability.

  3. Key Knowledge Targeted • The role of the UN in providing global health and sustainable human development through the following areas of action: • world peace and security, • human rights, • humanitarian assistance and • social and economic development.

  4. Key Skills Targeted Describe the role of The United Nations* in global health and sustainable human development * international and Australian government and non-government agencies and organisations

  5. Four Focus Areas Working for peace and security Humanitarian Assistance Social and Economic Development Human Rights

  6. Focus Area 1 Working for peace and Security • Prevent disputes from escalating into war and conflict situations. • The UN’s activities comprise four principal areas: • Conflict prevention, • Peacemaking, • Peacekeeping and enforcement, • Peacebuilding.

  7. Peace Keeping Missions

  8. Focus Area 2 Humanitarian Assistance • Emergency relief and long-term assistance, advocating on behalf of those affected by emergencies. • Respond to droughts, floods, fires, earthquakes or conflict, • Eg. World Food Programme provide a safe and nutritious food supply, helping to relieve hunger and improve health status. • In 2006, this program fed nearly 88 million people in 78 countries, including most of the worlds refugees and internally displaced persons.

  9. Focus Area 3 Social and Economic Development • One of the UN’s key aims is the promotion of higher standards of living, full employment, and the conditions of economic and social progress and development. • Providing grants for sustainable human development worldwide • Programs focussing on AIDS; drug and people trafficking; organised crime; and refugee populations. • UN population fund (UNFPA), the largest international provider of population assistance, • UN Environment Programme (UNEP), working to encourage sustainable environmental practices • UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), assisting people living in health-threatening housing conditions.

  10. Focus Area 4 Human Rights • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - sets out basic rights and freedoms to which all women and men are entitled including: • The right to life, liberty and nationality • To freedom of thought, conscience and religion • The right to work and be educated • The right to food and housing • The right to participate in government. • The UN works to promote and protect these rights and to assist governments in carrying out their responsibilities to uphold them.

  11. Some Work of the United Nations Facts

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