United Nations

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The United Nations was founded in 1945 to provide a venue for global dialogue and problem-solving among nations. A general assembly meets in New York once per year to deliberate issues, while a 15-member Security Council—with the United States as one of five permanent members—can issue decisions that member nations have agreed to carry out.

Containers are seen in this general view of the port of the northern city of Haifa (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun).

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Mukhisa Kituyi to Head the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

May 16, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Brookings Nonresident Fellow Muhkisa Kituyi to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Mwangi Kimenyi discusses Kituyi's "significant" appointment and says he will be an effective voice in representing Africa and other developing countries.

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