Passage 2

When it was created more than half a century ago，in the convulsive aftermath of world war Ⅱ，the United Nations reflected humanity’s greatest hopes for a just and peaceful global community．It still embodies that dream．The United Nations plays an important role in creating and sustaining the global rules without which modern societies simply could not function．The World Health Organization，for example，sets quality criteria for the pharmaceutical industry worldwide．
    The World Meteorological Office collates weather data from individual states and redistri butesit，which in turn improves global weather forecasting．The World Intellectual Property Organization protects trademarks and patents outside their country of origin．The UN Statistical Commission helps secure uniformity in accounting standards．Indeed，it is impossible to imagine our globalized world without the principles and practice of multilateralism to underpin it．