What Is the United Nations? Explaining Its Purpose, Power and Problems A look at the global organization as representatives of the 193 member countries gather for the 73rd annual session of the General Assembly. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Deep Beneath Your Feet, They Live in the OctillionsSyria, Facebook, Interest Rates: Your Wednesday Evening BriefingU.S. Exit Seen as a Betrayal of the Kurds, and a Boon for ISISDer Spiegel Fires Award-Winning Writer, Citing Fabrication on ‘Grand Scale’Russian Whistle-Blower Likely Died of Natural Causes, Coroner RulesFacebook Rebuked for Failing to Disclose Data-Sharing Deals