the United Nations
noun
: an international organization that helps to solve world conflicts peacefully
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In Lebanon, at least 100,000 children risk missing out on school unless classrooms damaged by Israeli strikes are urgently repaired or rebuilt before September, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF has warned.
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Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
4 July 2026
Among other issues, Schroer has also pushed legislation prohibiting international organizations like the World Health Organization and the United Nations from exercising jurisdiction in his state.
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Max Grinstein,
The Washington Examiner,
3 July 2026
Fox News Digital sent questions to the State Department and the Iranian Mission to the United Nations.
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Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
More than 16,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in the war, according to the United Nations.
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Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
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Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
4 July 2026
Among other issues, Schroer has also pushed legislation prohibiting international organizations like the World Health Organization and the United Nations from exercising jurisdiction in his state.
—
Max Grinstein,
The Washington Examiner,
3 July 2026
Fox News Digital sent questions to the State Department and the Iranian Mission to the United Nations.
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Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
More than 16,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in the war, according to the United Nations.
—
Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
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