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Classmate Soren P. Andreasen used the grant to work as an unpaid political affairs officer for the United Nations Secretariat...
...duties of the HMUN secretary general include overseeing the IRC's annual U.N. simulation for high school students in December and appointing the other seven members of the HMUN "secretariat"--the conference's executive cabinet...
...involves four key steps, was originally granted $57 million by USAID. Three of these steps are nearly completed: assistance in the privatization of state-owned enterprises, the development of a of a commercial law center and support to capital markets, involving such projects as the establishment of a security secretariat...
...formal vote was hours away, but by lunchtime the champagne corks were popping on the 37th floor of the United Nations Secretariat in New York City. The preceding weeks had been filled with intense diplomatic scuffling, terminating in one final big-power temper tantrum. But by 1 o'clock Friday afternoon, it was certain that Kofi Annan of Ghana was to be the seventh Secretary-General of the U.N., succeeding the reluctantly retiring Boutros Boutros-Ghali on Jan. 1. The jubilation in the U.N. building was heartfelt: Annan was perhaps the most popular candidate among those who worked...
Moreover, people too easily forget that the United Nations is more than a glass and steel Secretariat in New York City and blue helmets peppered around the globe. Under the umbrella of the UN, the World Health Organization has eradicated smallpox worldwide and spearheaded efforts in the inoculation of children against viral disease. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has regularly aided as many as 18 million displaced persons a year. UNICEF has campaigned for child welfare and education, other UN bodies have set up projects to champion women's rights in over 100 countries and brought safe drinking...