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_#_United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM)
established--20 December 1988;
aim--established by the UN Security Council to verify the
withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola;
members--(10) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Congo, Czechoslovakia,
India, Jordan, Norway, Spain, Yugoslavia
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_#_United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UNCHS or Habitat)
established--12 October 1978;
aim--to assist in solving human settlement problems;
members--(88) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
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_#_United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)--acronym retained from the
predecessor organization UN International Children's Emergency Fund;
established--11 December 1946;
aim--to help establish child health and welfare services;
members--(41) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
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_#_United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
established--30 December 1964;
aim--to promote international trade;
members--(166) all UN members plus North Korea, South Korea,
Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Tonga, Vatican City
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_#_United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
established--22 November 1965;
aim--to provide technical assistance to stimulate economic and
social development;
members--(48) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
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_#_United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)
established--31 May 1974;
aim--established by the UN Security Council to observe the 1973
Arab-Israeli ceasefire;
members--(4) Austria, Canada, Finland, Poland
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_#_United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)
established--16 November 1945, effective 4 November 1946;
aim--to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture;
members--(159) all UN members except Brunei, Liechtenstein,
Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, UK, US, Vanuatu; other members
are Cook Islands, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Monaco, San Marino,
Switzerland, Tonga;
associate members--(3) Aruba, British Virgin Islands,
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