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Do you think that the major agencies of the United Nations have lived up to the agenda for which they were created? Give reasons to support your answer.
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Yes, the major agencies of the United Nations have lived up to the agenda for which they were created because of the following reasons:
- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has made immense contributions towards world health. It helped eradicate Smallpox, Polio is near eradication, developed an Ebola vaccine, played a significant role in combating the COVID-19 crisis and so on.
- The efforts of the UNICEF helped save the lives of more than 90 million children across the world.
- UNESCO preserves 1073 World Heritage Sites in 167 countries. It finances engineering and technology schemes in a number of developing countries and promotes research in the fields of geology, mathematics, physics and oceanography.
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