Ten ways the UN Makes a Difference

• Assists and protects 139 million people fleeing war, famine and persecution
• Provides food and assistance to more than 123 million people in over 120 countries and territories
• Supplies vaccines to 45% of the world's children, helps save 3 million lives a year
• Works with 196 nations to keep the global temperature rise well below 2°C /3.6°F
• Keeps peace with 61,000 peacekeepers in 11 operations around the world
• Tackles the global water crisis affecting over 4 billion people worldwide
• Protects and promotes human rights globally and through 80 treaties/declarations
• Coordinates US$ 45 billion appeal for the humanitarian needs of 186 million people
• Uses diplomacy to prevent conflict: assists some 50 countries a year with their elections
• Protects over 22.5 million people with life-saving sexual and reproductive healthcare

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