OCTOBER

24 is United Nations Day.

• The UN was established in 1945.

• U.S President Franklin D. Roosevelt first devised the
name “United Nations.”
• The United Nations is only able to spend the
equivalent of 81¢ for each person in the world on
health care, sanitation, agriculture, and food
distribution (some $4.8 billion). World governments
of the day spend over $135 for each person (over $797 billion) on
weapons and war.
united Acting together for a
common purpose or belief.
From the Latin unire (join
together).

If you were in charge of the United

Nations, what would you try to do for the
world?

• Education?
of the day • Food and housing?
• Medicine and health care for
children?
“Katz’s Law: Man and nations will Make a list of ten agenda items for the
act rationally when all other possi- U.N.’s next world leaders meeting.
bilities have been exhausted.”

Counting Countries
Use the population chart opposite to answer the questions.
1. How many countries in the chart have a smaller population than
Australia?
of the day 2. Which two countries together almost have as many people as
France?
Country Population 3. Which country has almost ten times as many people as
Australia?
Australia 18,235,600 4. How many more people live in New Zealand than Panama?
Canada 30,286,000 5. How many more people does Indonesia need to reach 200
France 58,317,450 million?
Indonesia 195,280,000 6. How many more does Australia need to reach 20 million?
Morocco 26,736,000 7. If all of Peru visited Australia on a vacation, what would
New Zealand 3,618,500 Australia’s population be?
Panama 2,674,490 8. If all of Australia visited France, what would Australia’s
population be?
Peru 24,523,408
Answers: 1. 2; 2. Morocco + Canada; 3. Indonesia; 4. 944,010; 5. 4,720,000; 6. 1,764,400; 7. 42,759,008; 8. 0