Understanding how it works can help you understand the way the world works.

瞭解它的運作方式可以幫助你理解世界的運作方式。

The United Nations was set up after the horrors of World War Two to stop anything like that happening again.

聯合國是在第二次世界大戰的恐怖之後成立的，以阻止類似的事情再次發生。

How by providing a platform for nations to talk to each other.

如何通過為各國提供一個平臺來相互交談。

After countries started talking they began to make agreements about how they saw the world.

各國開始交談後，他們開始就他們如何看待世界達成協議。

Like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

如《世界人權宣言》。

The U.N.

聯合國。

holds more than 560 multilateral treaties which are a major source of international law.

擁有560多個多邊條約，是國際法的一個主要來源。

The U.

幽會。

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Also has many agencies running projects on everything from child literacy to sustainable farming.

此外，還有許多機構在開展從兒童掃盲到可持續農業的各種項目。

Of course it doesn't always work.

當然，它並不總是有效。

Some say the U.

有人說，美國。

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Is too expensive and bureaucratic and because countries can't always agree it can be slow to act.

太昂貴和官僚主義，而且因為各國不能總是達成一致，所以行動會很緩慢。

But it has achieved a lot.

但它已經取得了很多成就。

It's settled international disputes and helped countries gain independence from colonialism.

它解決了國際爭端，幫助各國從殖民主義中獲得獨立。

Yeah.

是的。