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Founded in 1985 by Noel Brown, Andrew Ungerlieder, Sharon Glassman, and Irving Sarnhoff, Friends of the United Nations (FOTUN) is an independent, non-partisan, organization dedicated to promoting the principles and values of the United Nations Charter and increasing awareness of its activities.
 

 

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  UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations is scaling up its assistance to victims of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake, as the acting top UN envoy to the... More »

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