How do I write the inequality? 9-53 One of the purposes of the United Nations is to have nations work together to help each other. Recently, the members of the U. N. decided to give grants to poor countries to help reduce poverty. However, the United Nations only has the resources to help those countries with the greatest need. Therefore, it was decided that only countries in which the number of people in poverty is more than one half of its total population would receive foreign aid.