The United Nations:
1. Assists and protects 131 million people fleeing war, famine and persecution
2. Provides food and assistance to more than 150 million people in over 120 countries and territories
3. Supplies vaccines to 45% of the world's children, helps save 3 million lives a year
4. Works with 196 nations to keep the global temperature rise well below 2°C /3.6°F
5. Keeps peace with 71,000 peacekeepers in 11 operations around the world
6. Tackles the global water crisis affecting over 4 billion people worldwide
7. Protects and promotes human rights globally and through 80 treaties/declarations
8. Coordinates US$46 billion appeal for the humanitarian needs of 180 million people
9. Uses diplomacy to prevent conflict: assists some 50 countries a year with their elections
10. Supports over 11 million women a year with sexual and reproductive health services
The Department of Global Communications updates the card once a year, checking facts and figures with UN agencies, designing new graphics and adding new key achievements.
You can download a high resolution version of the cards in all six UN official languages and Portuguese for local printing (in pdf).
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