{"id":196798,"date":"2021-06-17T14:36:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T12:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/?page_id=196798"},"modified":"2025-04-04T17:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:26:11","slug":"united-nations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/resources\/united-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"    <m-final-content-header >\n            <c-breadcrumb label-text=\"Breadcrumb\" slot=\"breadcrumbs\" type='2' align='left' wrap='wrapped wrapped' aria-label='You came from Resources'>\n                        <ol>\n\n                                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/\" title=\"Ferrovial\">Ferrovial<\/a><\/li>\n                                                                        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/resources\/\" title=\"Resources\">Resources<\/a><\/li>\n                                    \n                <\/ol>\n\n                <\/c-breadcrumb>\n    \n        <div slot=\"header\">\n            <h1>\n                United Nations            <\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/m-final-content-header>\n\n    \n\n\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n  \"mainEntity\": [{\n    \"@type\": \"Question\",\n    \"name\": \"What is the United Nations?\",\n    \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n      \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n      \"text\": \"The United Nations (UN) is the largest international organization that exists. 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Though this does not change its role in the UN, it does show progress for its international position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the UN\u2019s role?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN is a global governance association that facilitates cooperation on issues such as International Law, peace and international security, economic and social development, humanitarian affairs, and human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The five pillars on which the UN is based are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sustainable development.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prevention.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Building a safer, more protected world through innovation and leveraging its core operations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for countries in transition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working with women and young people and in their favor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the UN Global Compact?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Global Compact is the largest voluntary initiative for corporate social responsibility in the world. At the 1999 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, then-United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on business leaders to partner with the UN to create a \u201cglobal impact\u201d on shared values and principles. Thus was born the United Nations Global Compact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) contain 169 objectives that each country must meet by 2030 to promote prosperity without leaving environmental protection behind. 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