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Unterseeboot 552 Unterseeboot 552 (oftern shortened to U-552) was a German submarine or U-boat which was built in 1940 for opertations during the Second Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. The boat was nicknamed the "Red Devil" (Roter Teufel) after its mascot or a grinning devil which was painted on the conning tower.
Unterseeboot 559 Unterseeboot 559 (or U-559) was a Type VIIC U-boat (or German submarine) of the Kriegsmarine built in 1941 at the Blohm & Voss shipyards in Hamburg. She was most famous for an incident following her capture in the Mediterranean in 1942, in which British sailors were able to seize cryptographic material from U-559 without the German crew's knowledge, which facilitated the reading of the U-boat Enigma cipher.
Unterseeboot 6 (1935) Unterseeboot 6 (usually abbreviated to U-6) was a long-lived but very inactive German U-boat built before World War II for service in the Kriegsmarine. As she was one of the first batch of boats built following the reunuciation of the Treaty of Versailles, she was a II type, and thus capable of only coastal and short cruising work.
Unterseeboot 69 (1940) The Unterseeboot 69, or U-69 was the first Type VIIC U-boat commissioned into the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. This meant that in contrast to previous boats, it could travel further afield for longer, with a payload of eleven torpedoes, an 88 mm deck gun for smaller vessels, and a flak gun for aircraft.
Unterseeboot 691 Unterseeboot 691 (U-691) would have been a Type VIIC/41 submarine of the Kriegsmarine, if she had ever been built. Her construction by Howaldtswerke of Hamburg was ordered on April 2, 1942, suspended on September 30, 1943, and cancelled on July 22, 1944.
Unterseeboot 718 Unterseeboot 718 (usually abbreviated to U-718) was a short-lived German U-boat built during World War II. U-718 was the victim of a tragic accident during training exercises five months after completion, and thus never saw active service in the Kriegsmarine.
Unterseeboot 735 Unterseeboot 735 (usually abbreviated to U-735) was a German submarine built during World War II for service as a training boat preparing U-boat crew for service in the Atlantic Ocean. Her home base was Horten in Norway, from which she operated on short coastal patrols, practising in fijords and channels for submarine warfare.
Unterseeboot 75 (1940) Unterseeboot 75 (usually abbreviated to U-75) was a German submarine built during World War II. A VII Type U-boat, U-75 was moderately successful her early career in the Second Battle of the Atlantic, but in autumn 1941 she was dispatched to the Mediterranean Sea with poor results leading to the eventual destruction of the boat and its crew.
Unterseeboot 754 Unterseeboot 754, or more commonly U-754 was a German submarine or U-boat deployed during the Second World War against allied shipping in the Atlantic Ocean. She was a successful if short lived boat, which sank 13 ships during her career.
Unterseeboot 78 Unterseeboot 78 or U-78 was a Nazi German U-Boat that served during World War II, mostly in the Atlantic. It was first launched on December 7th, 1940, with a crew of 41 under the initial command of Alfred Dumrese.
Unterseeboot 803 Unterseeboot 803 (usually abbreviated to U-803) was a German submarine built during World War II at Bremerhaven. The boat was a IXC/40 Type submarine, which had long range cruising capacity and eight torpedo tubes.
Unterseeboot 821 Unterseeboot 821 (usually abbreviated to U-821) was a short-lived German submarine built during World War II for service in the Second Battle of the Atlantic. SHe only participated in two brief combat patrols, one of which ended after four days when she was sunk by allied aircraft.
Unterseeboot 844 Unterseeboot 844 (usually abbreviated to U-844) was a German Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built for service during the Second World War. An extremely short-lived boat, U-844 served just ten days on her only patrol and was sunk with two other boats whilst preparing for a failed attack on a well-defended convoy within range of allied air support.
Unterseeboot 852 Unterseeboot 852 (usually abbreviated to U-852) was a German submarine built during World War II. She became famous as the only Kriegsmarine U-boat crew to be accused, prosecuted and convicted of war crimes during the Second World War.
Unterseeboot 859 Unterseeboot 859 (usually abbreviated to U-859) was a German IX type U-boat built during World War II. She was one of a select number of boats to join the Monsun Gruppe or Monsoon Group, which travelled to the Far East for service alongside the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Unterseeboot 862 Unterseeboot 862 (U862), also known as the Japanese submarine I-502, was a Type IXD2 submarine operated by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. It was the only German submarine to operate in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.
Unterseeboot 864 Unterseeboot 864 (U-864) was a German Type IXD U-boat sunk on February 9, 1945 by the British submarine HMS Venturer, killing all 73 onboard. It is the only instance in the history of naval warfare that one submarine sank another while both were submerged.
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Unterseeboot 958 Unterseeboot 958 (usually abbreviated to U-958) was a German VIIC Type submarine built during World War II and mainly used for training purposes until losses in other theatres prompted her relocation to operate from Norway and then against Soviet shipping in the Northern Baltic Sea.
Unterseeboot 961 Unterseeboot 961 (usually abbreviated to U-961) was a German U-boat built during World War II. A type VIIC submarine, U-961 was constructed at Hamburg during 1942 and 1943, completing her working-up cruises in the Baltic Sea in the spring of 1944.
Unterseeboot 964 Unterseeboot 964 (usually abbreviated to U-964) was a German Type VIIC submarine built for service during the Second World War. An short-lived boat, U-964 is most noted for being one of three new boats ordered by the Kriegsmarine to attack Convoy ON-206 in the Western Approaches.
Unterseeboot 977 U-Boat 977, captained by commander Heinz Schaeffer, chose not to surrender at the end of World War II. He and most of his crew feared their fate at the hands of the victorious Allies, as predicted by Goebbels who amongst other things had made good propaganda use of the Morgenthau Plan to turn Germany into a "goat pasture".
Unterseebootsflottille Saltzwedel Unterseebootsflottille Saltzwedel (also known as 2nd Flotilla) was the second operational U-boat unit in the German Kriegsmarine. Founded on 1 September 1936 under the command of Fregattenkapitän Werner Scheer, it was named in honour of Oberleutnant zur See Reinhold Saltzwedel.
Unterscharführer Unterscharführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party that was used by the Schutzstaffel (SS) between the years of 1934 and 1945. Translated as “Junior Squad Leader”, the SS rank of Unterscharführer was created after the Night of the Long Knives which caused a reorganization of the SS and the creation of several new ranks to separate the SS from the Sturmabteilung (SA).
UntersturmfĂĽhrer UntersturmfĂĽhrer was a paramilitary rank of the German Schutzstaffel first created in July 1934. The rank can trace its origins to the older SA rank of SturmfĂĽhrer which had existed since the founding of the SA in 1921.
Unterwart Unterwart (Hungarian: Alsóőr, Croatian: Dolnja Borta) is a village in Burgenland, Austria, in the district of Oberwart (Hun: Felsőőr). The village lies on the banks of the Pinka river, and it had a population of 964 in 2001 (without Eisenzicken only 724).
Untethered Regimen The untethered regimen is a technique combining the use of an insulin pump with a slow-acting insulin analog such as Lantus or Levemir. This allows an insulin dependant person to disconnect the pump when desired while maintaining the flexable benefits that the insulin pump can provide.
Until Eternity Ends Until Eternity Ends is an EP by Edge of Sanity, released by Black Mark Productions in 1994. There are two versions of this CD, one has a blue and yellow cover in a standart CD box and the other has a red and black cover in a slim-line single box.
Until I Find You Until I Find You is a 2005 novel by John Irving about a Canadian actor named Jack Burns. Sprawling across Canada, a large part of Europe and the United States, Until I Find You uses many of the themes and plot devices that have already seen treatment in other works by the author.
Until the Day Breathes and the Shadows Flee Until the Day Breathes and the Shadows Flee was the first EP to be released by Millwaukee hardcore outfit 7 Angles 7 Plagues. It was originally released in 2000 but in 2003 it was remastered and rereleased from Uprising records.
Until the End of the World Until the End of the World (German: Bis ans Ende der Welt) is a 1991 film by the German-born film director Wim Wenders; the screenplay was written by Wenders and Peter Carey, from a story by Wenders and the late Solveig Dommartin. An initial draft of the screenplay was written by American filmmaker Michael Almereyda.
Until the End of the World (song) "Until the End of the World" is the fourth track from U2's 1991 album, Achtung Baby. The lyrics describe a conversation between Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot The first verse discusses The Last Supper]; the second is about Judas identifying Jesus with a kiss on the lips in the [[Garden of Gethsemane; and the final is about Judas' suicide after after being overwhelmed with guilt and sadness.
Until The Ink Runs Out Until The Ink Runs Out is the second full length album to be released by metalcore band Eighteen Visions. It was first released on Good Life Recordings as a vinyl, and later (once Truskill released it) as a digipack.
Until Tomorrow Until Tomorrow was a short-lived Australian television soap opera produced in colour by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Seven Network in 1975. It was the second soap opera made by the Reg Grundy Organisation, the first having been Class of '74.
Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" is the name of a song written by Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, and Stevie Wonder. The song was originally recorded by Stevie Wonder in the 1960's, but his version did not appear on an album until 1977's Anthology.
Untitled (album) "Untitled" is the title of the debut album from UK R&B / Soul singer Terri Walker. The album was released in 2003 by Def Soul/Mercury Records and spawned 3 singles, "Guess You Didn't Love Me" (Featuring Mos Def), "Ching Ching (Lovin' You Still)" (her first and only UK top 40 hit to date) and "Drawing Board" (promo only).
Untitled 1995 Demo Tape This rumored untitled 1995 demo tape was said to be System of a Down's first demo tape. However, it is not an official demo but rather a compilation of rough work from the band's infancy, made for reference purposes only for band members and close friends.
Untitled 2006 Madonna CD Project Madonna seems set to release an as of yet untitled new cd by the end of 2006. Several fan-sites and message boards have been reporting that a rumoured, all-new, secret CD project is in the works and is tentatively planned for release by the end of the year.
Untitled 2007 Josh Turner album Untitled 2007 Josh Turner album is the third studio album from Josh Turner expected to be released in late spring or early summer 2007. The album will be the follow-up album to Turner's very successful sophomore album Your Man which spurred two Grammy nominations.
Untitled 2007/2008 New Edition Reunion Album New Edition plans to reunite in 2007 or 2008 for their ninth album with all six members on board. It is unknown which label the album will be released on but fans are hoping the group will sign with J Records or another label that will support them.
Untitled Demo Untitled Demo (also known as Shiez 2000 demos) is a unreleased album by DJ Scotch Egg. Most of the material is believed to have been recorded during the 2003 period before Shigeru changed his name to DJ Scotch Egg, and although most of the tracks are untitled 3 of the tracks have been on the KFC Core album and on a compliation album.
Untitled Evangelion Project Pre-production of a live action version of Neon Genesis Evangelion was announced in May 2003 by the Houston-based anime distributor ADV Films, who hold world-wide rights to the series outside of Asia and Australia. The film will be made by ADV, Gainax and Weta Workshop Ltd..
Untitled Fourteenth Bad Religion Album Bad Religion's as-yet-untitled fourteenth full-length studio album is slated for release on June 26, 2007, according to a news article at Epitaph Records's website.Bad Religion head into the studio next month, Epitaph.
Untitled Gorillaz project The Gorillaz movie, currently referred to on the Internet Movie Database as the Untitled Gorillaz Project, is an upcoming film based on the virtual band Gorillaz. Very little is known about the movie so far, but it is supposed to be a whole new story, featuring the characters as actors, rather than themselves.
Untitled Halo Project The Untitled Halo Project is a project that was announced at Microsoft's Xbox show, X06. Peter Jackson, with his recently-formed Wingnut Interactive, will create a game set in the Halo universe, in partnership with Bungie Studios.
Untitled Madhavan/Ram Gopal Varma project Untitled Madhavan/Ram Gopal Varma project is a forthcoming unnamed project likely to be called Aaval (2007) is a Tamil forthcoming film directed by film director, Kona Venkat who is making his debut in the Tamil film industry with the film. The movie stars Madhavan, Shriya Saran and Shriya Reddy in the title roles.
Untitled Metallica album Metallica's yet to be titled 9th studio album, is tentatively planned for a summer 2007 release, At a press conference at Tallinn Song Festival Grounds in Estonia on Tuesday June 13, 2006, James Hetfield said that the songwriting is "coming along exactly as [it] should. We're not rushing too much.
Untitled Royce da 5'9" Album This album is to be rapper Royce da 5'9"'s 2007 release, to follow 2005's Independent's Day; although it has no title, ample information has been given about it over the course of several interviews with Royce and Premier.
Untitled Square Enix project Hiromichi Tanaka, producer of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Final Fantasy XI, has announced that Square Enix has begun work on a new MMORPG. He added that Square Enix is hoping to make the game a worldwide title.
Untitled Tarun Mansukhani Project The film yet to be titled will be directed by debutant director, Tarun Mansukhani who has assisted Karan Johar since his debut. The film will star Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai in lead roles The film will be produced by Karan Johar].
Untitled Throbbing Gristle live album This article is for an untitled live 3" CD by Throbbing Gristle distributed to "Uber Ticket" holders of their 2005 June 29 concert. The Uber Ticker holders were originally scheduled to received an advanced copy of Part Two, however due to the albums date being pushed back and fear of it being leaked, they were given this CD instead.
Unto Ashes Musical ensemble Unto Ashes, based in New York City, incorporates medieval music, Apocalyptic Folk, Neofolk, Neoclassical (Dark Wave), and elements of black metal. Founded by Michael Laird and Susanna Melendez in 1997, the band has released five full-length CDs on the Projekt label (all recorded and produced by Laird).
Unto the Fourth Generation Unto the Fourth Generation is a fantasy short story by Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and was reprinted in the collections Nightfall and Other Stories (1969) and The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (1986).
Unto These Hills Unto These Hills is the third oldest outdoor historical drama in the United States after The Lost Colony in Manteo, North Carolina. The play, written by Kermit Hunter (who is also credited with writing the scripts for many other outdoor dramas), opened at the Mountainside Theatre in Cherokee, North Carolina on July 1, 1950.
Unto This Last Unto This Last is an essay on economy by John Ruskin, first published in December 1860 in the monthly journal Cornhill Magazine in four articles. Ruskin says himself that these articles were "very violently criticized", forcing the publisher to stop the publication after four months.
Untold In 2003, Pete Francis released Untold, an album that looked into Pete's rock side more than So They Say had. Untold featured tracks like Burning the River, which was originally written for Dispatch, but stirred argument from the drummer/vocalist Brad Corrigan.
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade is a launch title for the Sony PSP handheld video game system. It is a "hack and slash", top down perspective RPG in which the player can solve various quests for money and items.
Untouchability Untouchability refers to the social practice of ostracizing a (usually) minority endogamous group by regarding them as "ritually polluted" and segregating them from the mainstream by social custom or legal mandate. Prominent examples of this practice include the ostracization of the Dalits and "Arzal" castes in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, the practice of Apartheid in South Africa , the segregation and discrimination of the al-Akdham in Yemen, and the Japanese Burakumin undercastes.
Untrusted The term, "untrusted" is used exclusively in the field of computer science and information security to denote code from an unknown source that may be potentially harmful to a system. It is distinguished from "untrustworthy" or "distrusted" in that the code may be useful and completely benign, whereas the terms "untrustworthy" and "distrusted" suggest something about the subject (whether it is a person or thing) that suggests that the person or thing is not to be trusted.
Unua Libro The Unua Libro (First Book) was the first publication to describe the international language, Esperanto (then called Lingvo Internacia, "inter-national language"). It was first published in Russian on July 26, 1887 in Warsaw, and over the next couple years later editions were published in Russian, Hebrew, Polish, French, German, and English.
Ununbium Ununbium (IPA: ), or eka-mercury, is a temporary IUPAC systematic element name for a chemical element in the periodic table that has the temporary symbol Uub and the atomic number 112. Element 112 is one of the superheavy elements.
Ununhexium Ununhexium (IPA: ) is the temporary name of a synthetic superheavy element in the periodic table that has the temporary symbol Uuh and has the atomic number 116. Some research has referred to it as "eka-polonium".
Ununoctium Ununoctium (IPA pronunciation: Pronounced yoo'nànŏk`tēàm at Columbia Encyclopedia) is the temporary IUPAC name for the superheavy element having atomic number of 118, currently the highest atomic number assigned to a reputedly discovered element (see elements discovered in the 21st Century). It has the temporary IUPAC element symbol Uuo.
Ununpentium Ununpentium (IPA: ) is the temporary name of a synthetic superheavy element in the periodic table that has the temporary symbol Uup and has the atomic number 115. Multiple isotopes have been made by a fusion of calcium and americium (Uup-288 with the most neutrons).
Ununseptium Ununseptium (IPA: ) is the temporary name of an undiscovered chemical element in the periodic table that has the temporary symbol Uus and has the atomic number 117. Ununseptium can be referred to as eka-astatine.
Ununtrium Ununtrium (IPA: ), or eka-thallium, is the temporary name of a synthetic element in the periodic table that has the temporary symbol Uut and has the atomic number 113. It comes from the alpha decay (release of a helium nucleus) of ununpentium.
Unununium (operating system) Unununium (short Uuu) is a free operating system development project with the goal of creating a highly componentized graphical real-time operating system. It is nicknamed after the 111th chemical element roentgenium, whose temporary IUPAC name until November 2004 was Unununium.
Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno is a Latin phrase that means "One for all, all for one" in English. It is known as being the motto of Alexandre Dumas' Three Musketeers and is also the traditional motto of Switzerland.
Unus the Untouchable Unus the Untouchable (Angelo Unuscione) is a fictional character from the comic book X-Men and part of the Marvel Comics Universe. A mutant, Unus possesses a strong force field which protects him from harm (so long as he puts it up, which is not automatic).
Unusual software bug Unusual software bugs are a class of software bugs that are considered exceptionally difficult to understand and repair. There are several kinds, mostly named after scientists who discovered counterintuitive things.
Unusual types of gramophone records The overwhelming majority of records manufactured have been of certain sizes (7, 10, or 12 inches), playback speeds (33â…“, 45, or 78 RPM), and appearance (round black discs). However, since the commercial adoption of the gramophone record, a wide variety of records have also been produced that do not fall into these categories, and they have served a variety of purposes.
Unveiling of the Gundulić monument The unveiling of the Gundulić monument in Dubrovnik on May 20, 1893, was a symbolical event in the political history of Dubrovnik, since it brought to the surface the wider tensions between the Croats and the Serbs in the pre-World War I political struggles in the region.
Unverified personal gnosis Unverified personal gnosis (often abbreviated UPG) is the phenomenological concept that an individual's spiritual insights (or gnosis) may be valid for them without being generalizable to the experience of others. It is primarily a neologism used in polytheistic reconstructionism, to differentiate it from ancient sources of spiritual practices.
Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" is a song written by David Bowie in 1969 for the album Space Oddity. The song starts out floatingly with Bowie's 12-string acoustic guitar, which was much used by Bowie in this period and also heard on other songs of the Space Oddity album.
Unwinnable Unwinnable is a state in many text adventures, graphical adventure games and computer role-playing games where it is impossible for the player to reach the end goal (finishing the game), and where the only other options are restarting the game, a previously saved game, wandering indefinitely, or meeting death. It is also known as a walking dead, dead end or zombie situation.
Unwired Unwired is an Australian public company dedicated to building a nationwide, fixed wireless telecommunications network offering carrier grade Internet services. They currently provide coverage in Sydney and Melbourne.
Unwiring A process attending the Negroponte switch and also a move away from a global internetwork which in reality passes through many chokepoints where data may be controlled and inspected toward one which uses available bandwidth frugally by passing communications in a mesh and avoids chokepoints.
Unwritten constitution An unwritten constitution is a constitution made by means of many laws passed over time to decide how things are run in the government. No official constitution, as in the case of England, was ever written down, because the poltical system evolved over time, rather than being changed suddenly in an event such as a revolution.
Unyamwezi Unyamwezi, a region of German East Africa, lying South of Victoria Nyanza and East of Lake Tanganyika. It is mentioned as early as the i6th century by the Portuguese and by Antonio Pigafetta, under the name Munemugi or " Land of the Moon," which is the exact equivalent of the name Wu-nya-mweziby which the land is known to its own people.
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus The UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus is a 300 km (187 mile) separation barrier along the 1974 Green Line (or ceasefire line) de facto dividing the Republic of Cyprus into North and South regions. The North part of the Republic of Cyprus is de facto not under its effective control; the government administrating this area, which is recognised only by Turkey, calls itself the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
UN CEFACT TBG5 UN CEFACT TBG5 is the standards organization responsible for financial services under the United Nations Centre for Trade facilitation and Electronic Business, (UN/CEFACT) under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). As an International Trade & Business Processes Group (TBG), TBG5 is the working group specializing in the Finance Domain.
UN General Assembly Resolution 194 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 was passed on December 11] [[1948, near the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The resolution expresses appreciation for the efforts of UN Envoy Folke Bernadotte after his assassination by members of the Zionist terrorist group Lehi.
UN General Assembly Resolution 273 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 273 was passed on May 11 1949 to admit the State of Israel to membership in the United Nations. This Resolution is often cited as making Israel's admission to the UN conditional upon implementation of Resolutions 181 of November 29, 1947 and 194 of December 11, 1948 (see paragraph 5 of the Resolution, below).
UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, adopted on October 25, 1971, replaced the Nationalist Republic of China (Taiwan) (ROC) with the Communist People's Republic of China (PRC) as the sole representative of China in the United Nations.
UN General Assembly Resolution 3236 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3236, adopted by the 29th Session of the General Assembly on November 22, 1974 recognizes the Palestinian peoples' right to self determination, officializes United Nations contact with the Palestine Liberation Organization and added the "Question of Palestine" to the U.N.
UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379, adopted on November 10, 1975 by a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions), "determine[d] that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination". The resolution was revoked by Resolution 4686 on December 16, 1991, and is often referenced in debates of Zionism and racism.
UN General Assembly Resolution 377 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 377, also known as the "Uniting for Peace" Resolution, states that, in the event that the UN Security Council cannot maintain international peace, a matter can be taken up by the General Assembly. The resolution was initiated by the United States in 1950 as a means of circumventing possible Soviet vetoes regarding the Korean War.
UN General Assembly Resolution 505 The UN General Assembly Resolution 505 is titled Threats to the political independence and territorial integrity of China and to the peace of the Far East, resulting from Soviet violations of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance of August 14, 1945 and from Soviet violations of the Charter of the United Nations. The UN General Assembly adopted this resolution on 1 February 1952 during its sixth session after the Republic of China complained to the United Nations against the Soviet Union.
UN Global Compact The United Nations Global Compact is an initiative to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on them. Under the Compact, companies are brought together with UN agencies, labour groups and civil society.
UN holocaust Memorial On January 24 2005 the United Nations General Assembly held a special session in remembrance of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. This is the first time that the international organization has ever come to agreement on how it should formally recognise the events of which it was born.
UN ICT Task Force The United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force (UN ICT TF) is a multi-stakeholder initiative associated with the United Nations which is "intended to lend a truly global dimension to the multitude of efforts to bridge the global digital divide, foster digital opportunity and thus firmly put ICT at the service of development for all."About the UN ICT TF
UN Mandate The term UN mandate is typically used to refer to a long-term international mission which has been authorized by the United Nations General Assembly or the UN Security Council in particular. UN mandates typically involve peacekeeping operations.
UN number UN numbers or UN IDs are four-digit numbers that identify dangerous goods hazardous substances and articles (such as explosives, flammable liquids, toxic substances, etc.) in the framework of international transport.
UN Regional Groups The United Nations is unofficially divided into five geopolitical regional groupings. What began as an informal means of sharing the distribution of posts for General Assembly committees has taken on a much more expansive role.
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 The UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSC Resolution 1325 or SCR1325) is the first resolution the Security Council passed specifically addressing the disproportionate and unique impact of war on women, and women's special under-valued and under-utilized contributions to conflict resolution and sustainable peace. It urges women's equal and full participation as active agents in peace and security.
UN-Energy UN-Energy is an interagency mechanism within the system of the United Nations related to energy. It was created after the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, and its purpose is to create a coherent approach towards a sustainable energy system especially in developing countries to meet the Millennium Development Goals.
UN-Water UN-Water is a mechanism of the United Nations, endorsed in 2003 for the follow-up process of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development. Its purpose is to support states in their water-related efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals.
UN/CEFACT The United Nations Centre for Trade facilitation and Electronic Business, (UN/CEFACT) has a mission to improve the ability of business, trade and administrative organizations, from developed, developing and transitional economies, to exchange products and relevant services effectively - and so contribute to the growth of global commerce.
UNA-UNSO The UNA-UNSO (Ukrainian National Assembly - Ukrainian National Self Defence) (Ukrainian: УНА УНСО Українська Національна Асамблея - Українська Народна Самооборона), is the most prominent far-right, ultra-nationalist political organization in Ukraine.
UNBRO UNBRO was the acronym for the United Nations Border Relief Operation, a donor-nation funded relief effort for Cambodians and others affected by years of warfare along the Thai-Cambodian border from 1979 until the 1990s.

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