Acronyms like NATO, the EU, and UNICEF are everywhere in the news and it can be hard keeping them all straight. What do each of these organizations do? Here's our guide to decoding the alphabet...
========== We see acronyms for international organizations
all the time, but we never really stop tothink about who those organizations are and
what they really do. So, today we just wantedto take a quick moment to decode some of this
international alphabet soup.First off is NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization. This is a group of states whoâveagreed to defend each other against military
and political threats from non-NATO members.NATO has 28 member states, including the US,
Canada, and most of Europe. Theyâve agreedto contribute troops and supplies for some
joint military actions. Russia and Ukraineare not NATO members. But NATO has been in
the news recently over the possibility ofstepping in against Russia in the Ukrainian
conflict.Next is the UN or Unit...
