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Show WHAT THE UNITED NATIONS MEANS TO ME By Harriet Cline (Second-Place Essay) I confess at the outset that international problems are beyond be-yond me, although I have conscientiously con-scientiously read pertinent news paper reports, magazine articles and books. Is it possible that many adults are likewise confused? con-fused? The "cold war," the inroads in-roads of communism and international inter-national difficulties leave me with an uneasy feeling. The hope o'f the world seems to lie in the success of the United Nations. Na-tions. I was looking at a United Nations Organizational chart that startlingly appeared to resemble re-semble a human skeleton and immediately I wondered if the United Nations might not be compared with the human body. The General Assembly is the heart and the Secretariat and International Court of Justice are the lungs. The veins are the thirteen agencies and twelve commissions, through which come food,, medicines, supplies and military protection to countries coun-tries in need. The remaining sub-divisions can readily be compared to the stomach, kidneys kid-neys and other organs of the body, the proper functioning of which are necessary to good health. The pulse is the people, for all nations, of divergent languages, lan-guages, colors and religions. As the human body functions as a whole, so must the United Nations function as a whole. If a vital organ of the body ceases to function, the body dies. If a vital part of the United Nations Na-tions becomes inoperative, it may well be that civilization, as we understand and know it, will likewise die. The United Nations Na-tions is the hope of the world, the hope of progression in the smaller nations, that they may elevate socially, politically, and educationally. Our hope is that the more secure nations will remain loyal to the United Nations. Na-tions. Our prayers are that it may succeed, that peace and the well-being and freedom of all people will be guaranteed. |