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PRACTICAL INFORMATIONTrade union representativeA trade union representative is electedby and from among work colleaguesfor a two-year period. The trade unionrepresentative must represent the interestsof the employees in relation tothe employer. It is also the job of therepresentative to represent the tradeunion in the workplace.UN, TheThe UN is an abbreviation for the UnitedNations, the United Nations Organisationof 1945. The organisation's goal isto maintain international peace andsecurity, and to cooperate internationallyto resolve international economic,social, cultural and humanitarian conflictsand promote respect for human rights.The UN has 192 members and six mainorgans. These are the General Assembly,the Security Council, the Economic andSocial Council, the Trusteeship Council,the International Court of Justice andthe Secretariat. The UN headquartersare in New York.Unemployment benefitUnemployment benefit is financialassistance given to unemployed whoare members of an unemploymentfund (a-kasse).Unemployment fundAn unemployment fund or a-kasse isa private association of employees orindependent business owners, and itspurpose is to provide financial assistanceto its members if they becomeunemployed. Unemployment fundsare closely associated with trade unionsbut you can become a member of anunemployment fund without being amember of a trade union.WHOWHO is an abbreviation for World HealthOrganisation, (Verdenssundhedsorganisationen),which is an organisation thatwas founded in 1948 under the UN. Itsgoal is to monitor infectious diseases andimplement health programmes.Yellow pages, TheThe yellow pages are pages in a telephonedirectory that provide information onbusinesses. The yellow pages can alsobe found at www.degulesider.dk.Youth education counsellorYouth education counsellors (UU) canbe contacted at special centres in yourmunicipal authority. Here, people under25 can seek educational advice andcounselling.164