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Health Care Economics and Organizations > Organizations > International Agencies > United Nations

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United Nations  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • UN

Note

  • CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

Scope note

  • An international organization whose members include most of the sovereign nations of the world with headquarters in New York City. The primary objectives of the organization are to maintain peace and security and to achieve international cooperation in solving international economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian problems.

History note

  • 80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014480

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