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Article: Yearbook of the United Nations.
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS after its creation, the United Nations, despite recent difficulties, remains the foundation for international cooperation and action on global issues, the forum for voicing and discussing areas of concern to all nations, the prime initiator of solving many global problems and the leader in efforts to make the world a safer place. A complete, concise and organized record of those activities over the years is compiled in the Yearbook of the United Nations, which is published annually by the UN Department of Public Information.
The idea of publishing a yearbook was conceived at the Organization's inception by its then managers, who recognized ...