ms
members-(34) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
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United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP)
address-c/o Department of Peace-keeping Operations, Room S-3260E,
United Nations, New York, NY 10017, US
telephone-[1] (212) 963 1234
FAX-[1] (212) 963 4879
established-31 March 1995
aim-to monitor border activity in the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia
members-(27) Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan,
Kenya, Nepal, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, US
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United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR)
established 28 February 1992; to create conditions for peace and
security required for the negotiation of an overall settlement of the
"Yugoslav" crisis; established by the UN Security Council; members
were Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan,
Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan,
Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK, US;
disbanded December 1995; replaced by the Implementation Force (IFOR),
which has been replaced by the Stabilization Force (SFOR)
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United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
Near East (UNRWA)
address-Vienna International Center, P. O. Box 700, A-1400 Vienna,
Austria
telephone-[43] (1) 21345, ext. 4531
FAX-[43] (1) 21345-5877
established-8 December 1949
aim-to provide assistance to Palestinian refugees
members-(11) Austria, Belgium, Egypt, France, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon,
Syria, Turkey, UK, US
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United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
address-Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
telephone-[41] (22) 798 84 00, 798 58 50
FAX-[41] (22) 740 07 91
established-1 July 1964
aim-to conduct research into the problems of economic development
during different phases of economic growth
members-no country members, but a Board of Directors consisting of a
chairman appointed by the UN secretary general and 10 individual
members
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