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The United Nations ( UN ) is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co - operation . A replacement for the ineffective League ___MASK77___ Nations , the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict . At its founding , the UN had 51 member states ; there are now 193 . The headquarters ___MASK77___ the United Nations is in ___MASK73___ , New York City , and experiences extraterritoriality . Further main offices are situated in Geneva , Nairobi , and Vienna . The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states . Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security , promoting human rights , fostering social and economic development , protecting the environment , and providing humanitarian aid in cases ___MASK77___ famine , natural disaster , and armed conflict . A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land . Port locations are selected to optimize access to land and navigable water , for commercial demand , and for shelter from wind and waves . ___MASK23___ with deeper water are rarer , but can handle larger ships . Since ___MASK23___ throughout history handled every kind of traffic , support and storage facilities vary widely , may extend for miles , and dominate the local economy . Some ___MASK23___ have an important military role . Ralph Johnson Bunche ( August 7 , 1903 or 1904 December 9 , 1971 ) was an American political scientist , academic , and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in ___MASK36___ . He was the first African American to be so honored in the history of the prize . He was involved in the formation and administration of the United Nations . In 1963 , he was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President John F . Kennedy . John Fitzgerald " Jack " Kennedy ( May 29 , 1917  November 22 , 1963 ), commonly referred to by his initials JFK , was an American politician who served as the 35th President ___MASK77___ the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963 . The Cuban Missile Crisis , the Bay ___MASK77___ Pigs Invasion , the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty , the establishment ___MASK77___ the Peace Corps , developments in the Space Race , the building ___MASK77___ the ___MASK85___ Wall , the Trade Expansion Act to lower tariffs , and the Civil Rights Movement all took place during his presidency . A member ___MASK77___ the Democratic Party , his New Frontier domestic program was largely enacted as a memorial to him after his death . Kennedy also established the Presidential Medal ___MASK77___ Freedom in 1963 . The headquarters ___MASK77___ the United Nations is a complex in ___MASK34___ City designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer . The complex has served as the official headquarters ___MASK77___ the United Nations since its completion in 1952 . It is located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood ___MASK77___ ___MASK73___ , on spacious grounds overlooking the East River . Its borders are First Avenue on the west , East 42nd Street to the south , East 48th Street on the north and the East River to the east . The term " Turtle Bay " is occasionally used as a metonym for the UN headquarters or for the United Nations as a whole . Headquarters ( HQ ) denotes the location where ___MASK95___ , if not all , of the important functions of an organization are coordinated . In the United States , the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the ___MASK1___ or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility for managing all business activities . In the UK , the term head office is ___MASK95___ commonly used for the HQs of large corporations . The term is also used regarding military organizations . The ___MASK34___ metropolitan area , also referred to as the Tri - State Area , includes the most populous city in the United States ( ___MASK34___ City ); Long Island and the Mid - and Lower Hudson Valley in the state of ___MASK34___ ; the five largest cities in New Jersey ( Newark  the largest city in New Jersey  Jersey City , Paterson , Elizabeth , and Edison ) and their vicinities ; six of the seven largest cities in Connecticut ( Bridgeport  the largest city in Connecticut  New Haven , Stamford , ___MASK43___ , Norwalk , and Danbury ) and their vicinities ; and five counties in northeastern Pennsylvania . In the study ___MASK77___ human settlements , an urban agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built - up area ___MASK77___ a ___MASK28___ place (" usually a municipality ") and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area . INSEE , the French Statistical Institute , uses the term " unité urbaine ", which means continuous urbanized area . However , because ___MASK77___ differences in definitions ___MASK77___ what does and does not constitute an " agglomeration ", as well as variations and limitations in statistical or geographical methodology , it can be problematic to compare different agglomerations around the world . It may not be clear , for instance , whether an area should be considered to be a satellite and part ___MASK77___ an agglomeration , or a distinct entity in itself . Research comprises " creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock ___MASK77___ knowledge , including knowledge ___MASK77___ humans , culture and society , and the use ___MASK77___ this stock ___MASK77___ knowledge to devise new applications ." It is used to establish or confirm facts , reaffirm the results ___MASK77___ previous work , solve new or existing problems , support theorems , or develop new theories . A research project may also be an expansion on past work in the field . Research projects can be used to develop further knowledge on a topic , or in the example ___MASK77___ a school research project , they can be used to further a student ' s research prowess to prepare them for future jobs or reports . To test the validity ___MASK77___ instruments , procedures , or experiments , research may replicate elements ___MASK77___ prior projects or the project as a whole . The primary purposes ___MASK77___ basic research ( as opposed to applied research ) are documentation , discovery , interpretation , or the research and development ( R & D ) ___MASK77___ methods and systems for the advancement ___MASK77___ human knowledge . Approaches to research depend on epistemologies , which vary considerably both within and between humanities and sciences . There are several forms ___MASK77___ research : scientific , humanities , artistic , economic , social , business , marketing , practitioner research , life , technological , etc . Ralph Bunche Park is a small municipal public park in the Turtle Bay neighborhood ___MASK77___ ___MASK34___ City , at the northwest corner ___MASK77___ First Avenue and 42nd Street . It was named in 1979 for the late Ralph Bunche , the first African - American to win the Nobel Peace Prize . The park is across First Avenue from the United Nations headquarters . ( This stretch ___MASK77___ First Avenue is also known as `` United Nations Plaza '' . ) The granite staircase in the park ' s northwest corner leads to 43rd Street and the Tudor City apartments . It was built and dedicated in 1948 during construction ___MASK77___ the U . N . headquarters and has the famous quotation from Isaiah 2 : 4 : `` They shall beat their swords into plowshares , and their spears into pruning hooks ; nation shall not lift up sword against nation , neither shall they learn war any more '' incised into its wall . Known as the Isaiah Wall , it was rededicated in 1975 and had the name `` Isaiah '' added under the final word . In 1981 the staircase was named the Scharansky Steps in honor ___MASK77___ Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky . In the plaza in front ___MASK77___ the Isaiah Wall is Peace Form One , a stainless - steel obelisk 50 feet ( 15 m ) high , erected in 1980 . The sculptor , Daniel Larue Johnson , was a personal friend ___MASK77___ Bunche , and dedicated the sculpture to Bunche , who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 . Near the southern end ___MASK77___ the park is a plaque , dedicated in 1990 , which commemorates civil rights leader Bayard Rustin . Because ___MASK77___ its proximity to the United Nations , the peace theme ___MASK77___ the Isaiah Wall and Peace Form One , and Bunche ' s career as a peacemaker , the park is a popular site for demonstrations and rallies concerning peace and other international issues . In 1985 the park was dedicated as ___MASK34___ City ' s first Peace Park . The park covers less than a quarter ___MASK77___ an acre ( 1 , 000 m² ) , however , so it can not accommodate major gatherings . The City ___MASK77___ ___MASK34___ , often called ___MASK34___ City or simply ___MASK34___ , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population ___MASK77___ 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area ___MASK77___ just , ___MASK34___ City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip ___MASK77___ the state ___MASK77___ ___MASK34___ , the city is the ___MASK1___ ___MASK77___ the ___MASK34___ metropolitan area , one ___MASK77___ the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , ___MASK34___ City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " ___MASK34___ minute ". Home to the headquarters ___MASK77___ the United Nations , ___MASK34___ is an important ___MASK1___ for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital ___MASK77___ the world . ___MASK36___ , officially known as the State of ___MASK36___ , is a country in the Middle East , on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the ___MASK12___ shore of the Red Sea . It has land borders with Lebanon to the north , Syria to the northeast , Jordan on the east , the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west , respectively , and Egypt to the southwest . The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area . ___MASK36___ ' s financial and technology center is Tel Aviv , while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem , although the state ' s sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized .