EVERY DAY
The United Nations works to
tackle global challenges . . .
: 1 :
Providing food to 90 million people in 73 countries
: 2 :
Vaccinating 58 per cent of the world's children,
saving 2.5 million lives a year
: 3 :
Assisting over 36 million refugees and people fleeing war,
famine or persecution
: 4 :
Combating climate change, heading a campaign to end
leaded fuel use in over 100 nations
: 5 :
Keeping peace with 120,000 peacekeepers in 16 operations
on 4 continents
: 6 :
Fighting poverty, helping 370 million rural poor achieve
better lives in the last 30 years
: 7 :
Protecting and promoting human rights,
on-site and through 80 treaties and declarations
: 8 :
Mobilizing $12.4 US billion in humanitarian aid to help
people affected by emergencies
: 9 :
Advancing democracy, assisting some 30 countries a year
with their elections
: 10 :
Promoting maternal health, saving the lives of
30 million women a year
United Nations | Department of Public Information | 2012