Use the links below to research information about the United Nations. 

• What is it?
• Who belongs to the United Nations?
• What does it do?
• Why does the United States invest so much money in the United Nations?

http://www.un.org/en/sections/about-un/overview/index.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/17/AR2010101702766.html