Social Studies Homework:

Name: Mariafernanda Siguenza

Grade: 8th “A”

ONU:
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization
dedicated in promoting world peace, collective security and
friendly relations among most of the world’s nations. This, they
aim to achieve through co-operation between nations in
international law, international security, economic development,
social, cultural, and humanitarian issues.
The UN was officially established on 24 October 1945 (after
collapse of League of Nations) at the end of World War II to
protect future generations from the scourge of war.

UNASUR:
UNASUR, in full Union of South American Nations,
Spanish Unión de Naciones Suramericanas, Portuguese União
das Nações Sul-Americanas, and Dutch Unie van Zuid-
Amerikaanse Naties, formerly South American Community of
Nations, South American organization created in 2008 to propel
regional integration on issues including democracy, education,
energy, environment, infrastructure, and security and to eliminate
social inequality and exclusion. It was inspired by and modeled
after the European Union. UNASUR’s members
are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana,
Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay,
and Venezuela. Panama and Mexico hold observer status.
UNESCO:
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)] (French: is a specialized agency of
the United Nations (UN) based in Paris. Its declared purpose is to
contribute to peace and security by promoting international
collaboration through educational, scientific, and cultural reforms
in order to increase universal respect for justice, the rule of law,
and human rights along with fundamental freedom proclaimed in
the United Nations Charter.[1] It is the successor of the League of
Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.
UNESCO pursues its objectives through five major programs:
education, natural sciences, social/human sciences, culture and
communication/information. Projects sponsored by UNESCO
include literacy, technical, and teacher-training programmes,
international science programmes, the promotion of independent
media and freedom of the press, regional and cultural history
projects, the promotion of cultural diversity, translations of world
literature, international cooperation agreements to secure the
world cultural and natural heritage (World Heritage Sites) and to
preserve human rights, and attempts to bridge the worldwide
digital divide. It is also a member of the United Nations
Development Group.