President Obama spoke on Wednesday at the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/1psnaZd Subscribe to the Times Video newsletter for free and get a handpicked selection of the best videos from The New York Times every week: http://bit.ly/timesvideonewsletter Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n Watch more videos at: http://nytimes.com/video --------------------------------------------------------------- Want more from The New York Times? Twitter: https://twitter.com/nytvideo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nytimes Google+: https://plus.google.com/+nytimes/ Whether it's reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest style trends and scientific developments, New York Times video journalists provide a revealing and unforgettable view of the world. It's all the news that's fit to watch. On YouTube. General Assembly 2014: Obama U.N. Speech [FULL] Today | The New York Times http://www.youtube.com/user/TheNewYorkTimesThe United Nations Organization (UNO) or simply United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions. There are currently 192 member states, including nearly every sovereign state in the world. From its offices around the world, the UN and its specialized agencies decide on substantive and administrative issues in regular meetings held throughout the year. The organization has six principal organs: the General Assembly (the main deliberative assembly); the Security Council (for deciding certain resolutions for peace and security); the Economic and Social Council (for assisting in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development); the Secretariat ; the International Court of Justice (the primary judicial organ); and the United Nations Trusteeship Council (which is currently inactive). Other prominent UN System agencies include the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The UN's most visible public figure is the Secretary-General, currently Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, who attained the post in 2007. The organization is financed from assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states, and has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.Maharashtra United Nations Association (MUNA) was established in 1964 at Mumbai to promote the objectives of the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies. It is a Non-governmental, Voluntary, Nonprofit Organization working for International Peace and Understanding. The founding officer bearers were Late Mr. M.S. Kannamwar (the then Chief Minister), Late Mr. H.H. Ismail (the then Consul General of Dominican Republic) and Late Mr. Mr. S.B. Saxena was the first Secretary General of MUNA. The first women president of United Nations General Assembly and the then Governor of Maharashtra H.E. Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit was the first Patron of MUNA, H.E. Mrs. Pandit not only accepted to be the Patron ship of MUNA but also donated an Ivory Trophy which was presented to her by the people of Mumbai when she was the President of United Nations General Assembly. It was later named after Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to be used for the cause of children who were dear to him. Noted Politician Late Mr. Homi Taleyarkhan former Cabinet Minister and Ambassador of India to Italy, Libya and to Food and Agricultural Organisation of United Nations was the Vice President of MUNA for long time. Mr. S.D. Pandey, the then Honorary President of World Federation of United Nations

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