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Every state either forbids or 1_______ gambling. Gambling involves an agreement with 2_______ elements: payment to participate; a chance to win, based on luck rather than on skill; and a prize for one or more winners. A 3_______, one of the most common forms of gambling, is a bet on any event which depends on chance or uncertainty.
Unless specifically permitted by law, the winners in 4_______ gambling agreements cannot enforce payment of their winnings through court action.

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It’s Saturday 1_______ and you are at the shops with your friends. You’ve been 2_______ all morning and you’re starving! But where are you going to eat? There’s a good chance that you’ll go to a 3_______ restaurant like Pizza Hut, Burger King or Wendy’s. The biggest problem is 4_______ one because there are so many.

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1_______ that unreasonably 2_______ trade are void. The economic system is based upon the 3_______ of free and open competition, which 4_______ consumers by rewarding efficient producers. It seeks to ensure all business firms of an equal opportunity to trade. It tends to protect consumers in their search for quality goods at fair prices.

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What does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights set out?

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed by the General Assembly in 1948, sets out basic rights and freedoms to which all women and men are entitled – among them the right to life liberty and nationality, to freedom of thought, conscience and religion to work, to be educated, to take part in government.
Together with the Declaration, these rights constitute the International Bill of Human Rights.
The Declaration laid the groundwork for more than 80 conventions and declarations on human rights, including conventions to eliminate racial discrimination and discrimination against women; conventions on the rights of the child; the status of refugees and the prevention of genocide; and declarations on self-determination, enforced the right to development.

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Who was the first to use the term “United Nations”?

The name “United Nations”, coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was first used in the “Declaration by United Nations” of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers.
States first established international organizations to cooperate on specific matters. In 1899, the International Peace Conference was held in the Hague to elaborate instruments for settling crises peacefully, preventing wars and codifying rules of warfare. It adopted the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes and established the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which began work in 1902.

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What organization was the forerunner of the United Nations?

The forerunner of the United Nations was the League of Nations, an organization conceived in similar circumstances during the First World War, and established in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles “to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security”. The League of Nations ceased its activities after failing to prevent the Second World War.
In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to the United Nations Charter. The United Nations was established on 24 October 1945 by 51 countries committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security. Today, nearly every nation in the world belongs to the UN: membership now totals 189 countries.