CONTEMPORARY WORLD

Maria Angela R. Blas September 9, 2022

ACC 101 Assignment #3

Search for three world organizations. Write a short description for each chosen
organization, including its logo and objectives. What do you think is the importance of
these world organizations?

I. UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. It is

currently composed of 193 Member States. It is the world's largest and most
familiar international organization.

The main objectives of the United Nations are the maintenance of international

peace and security, the promotion of the well-being of the peoples of the world,
and international cooperation to these ends.

In addition to maintaining peace and security, other important objectives include

developing friendly relations among countries based on respect for the principles
of equal rights and self-determination of peoples; achieving worldwide
cooperation to solve international economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian
problems; respecting and promoting human rights; and serving as a center where
countries can coordinate their actions and activities toward these various ends.

The flag of the United Nations, and the emblem of the United Nations (which is
part of the UN flag design) have become symbols of the Organization as it
carries out its work. With a pair of olive tree branches and a map of the world, the
emblem, and the flag on which it rests are also aspirational symbols for people all
over the world, for they speak to their hopes and dreams of peace and unity. The
emblem and flag of the United Nations have the practical effect of identifying the
Organization in areas of trouble and conflict, to all parties concerned.

II. UNICEF

UNICEF, in full
originally called
the United Nations
 International Children's Emergency Fund, now officially United Nations Children's
Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian
and developmental aid to children worldwide. The agency is among the most
widespread and recognizable social welfare organizations in the world, with a
presence in 192 countries and territories. UNICEF's activities include providing
immunizations and disease prevention, administering treatment for children and
mothers with HIV, enhancing childhood and maternal nutrition,
improving sanitation, promoting education, and providing emergency relief in
response to disasters.

UNICEFs stated aims and objectives are “to advocate for the protection of
children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities
to reach their full potential.” UNICEF initiates programs and projects to achieve
these aims and objectives.

In 1953, UNICEF’s first logo features

a child drinking a cup of milk, which
reflects the organization's main
activity at the time: delivering milk to
children. This logo retains some
elements of the UN logo, on which it
is based, such as the olive branches
and globe in the background. ‘A child
drinking milk’ becomes the symbol of
UNICEF.

In 2016, ‘for every child’ is adopted as the organization’s brand strategy and
becomes part of the logo. ‘For every child’ echoes UNICEF’s universal mandate
to protect the rights of children everywhere – and embodies the organization’s
mission to give greatest priority to the most disadvantaged children.

III. WORLD
HEALTH

ORGANIZATION
The WHO was established on 7 April 1948. It is a specialized agency of the
United Nations responsible for international public health. Headquartered in
Geneva, Switzerland, it has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide.

The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples
of the highest possible level of health". It works worldwide to promote health,
keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable. Our goal is to ensure that a billion
more people have universal health coverage, to protect a billion more people
from health emergencies, and provide a further billion people with better health
and well-being.

The staff with the snake has long been a symbol of medicine and the medical
profession. It originates from the story of Asclepius, who was revered by the
ancient Greeks as a god of healing and whose cult involved the use of snakes.
Asclepius, incidentally, was so successful at saving lives that, the legend goes,
Hades the god of the underworld complained about him to the supreme god Zeus
who, fearing that the healer might make humans immortal, killed Asclepius with a
thunderbolt.