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UNITED NATIONS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
Synonyms:
UN; United Nations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("United Nations" is a kind of...):
global organization; international organisation; international organization; world organisation; world organization (an international alliance involving many different countries)
Meronyms (members of "United Nations"):
General Assembly (the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations)
United Nations Secretariat (the administrative arm of the United Nations)
SC; Security Council (a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace)
TC; Trusteeship Council (a permanent council of the United Nations that commissions a country (or countries) to undertake the administration of a territory)
Economic and Social Council; ECOSOC (a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for economic and social conditions)
Economic and Social Council commission; ECOSOC commission (a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations)
International Court of Justice; World Court (a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations)
UN agency; United Nations agency (an agency of the United Nations)
