University of Utah Student Newspapers | 1967-10-23 | Page 4 | Who Needs the U.N?

We Do! Who Needs The U.N? Prepared by B'nai B'rith Women in cooperation with the United Nations Association of the USA Last year, the United Nations, through its family of organizations: Vaccinated 19 million children against tuberculosis; Protected 52 million children against malaria; Served 90 countries with 1,300 technical experts in the field of food and agriculture; Supported feeding programs in 55 countries; Developed literacy programs in 48 more countries; Financed and assisted research projects in building, housing, planning, disease control, harbor expansion, weather observation, food production, atomic radiation, narcotics control, civil aviation and many more. Although they rarely make headlines head-lines in the newspapers, these miracles mir-acles of social and economic achiev-ment achiev-ment are performed every day by the on-going work of the United Nations. And they are part of the job of the international organization organiza-tion which are aimed directly at the heart of its long-term purpose peace. It is axiomatic that a hungry person per-son is an angry person; that an illiterate il-literate boy will become a disadvantaged disad-vantaged man who can't compete; and conversely that stable, satisfied populations do not start aggressive wars or revolutions. And so the basic international programs of the UN concentrate on the building of strong econons. and social foundations for nations and the development of human resources re-sources that is their prerequisite. The United Nations 6p"Is with people the hungry,-""- tiie illiterate, the untrained at4 ves them a chance to help create a better bet-ter life for themselves and their families. It helps the worker, tt? businessman, the scientist aid technician too. It aids nations large and small make the most of what they have. Such is the interdependence of living in our world today that everyone at some phase of his life is affected by the programs of international in-ternational cooperation of the United Uni-ted Nations. Who needs the UN? We all do.