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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #1063 UN
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Founded  after  World  War  II  by  51  "peace-loving  states"  combined  to  oppose  future  aggression,  the  UN  now  counts  193  member  nations,    its  newest  members,  Nauru,  Kiribati,  and  Tonga  in  1999,  Tuvalu  and  Yugoslavia  in  2000,  Switzerland  and  East  Timor  in  2002,  Montenegro  in  2006,  and  South  Sudan  in  2011.

United  Nations  Day  has  been    on  October  24  since  1948  and  celebrates  the  objectives  and  accomplishments  of  the  organization,  which  was  established  on  October  24,  1945.

The  UN    in  peacekeeping  and  humanitarian  missions  across  the  globe.  Though  some  say  its    has  declined  in  recent  decades,  the  United  Nations  still  plays  a  tremendous  role  in  world  politics.  In  2001  the  United  Nations  and  Kofi  Annan,  then  secretary-general  of  the  UN,  won  the  Nobel  Peace  Prize  "for  their  work  for  a  better  organized  and  more  peaceful  world."

Since  1948  there  have  been  63  UN  peacekeeping  ;  16  are  currently  under  way.  Thus  far,  close  to  130  nations  have  contributed  personnel  at  various  times;  119  are  currently  providing  peacekeepers.  As  of  31  August  2008,  there  were  16  peacekeeping  operations  underway  with  a  total  of  88,230  personnel.  The  small  island  nation  of  Fiji  has  taken  part  in  virtually  every  UN  peacekeeping  operation,  as  has  Canada.

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