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United Nations Day

October 24 , 2017 2393 days 1515 0
  • The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the World War II.
  • Its charter was signed in San Francisco on June 26, 1945 and came into existence on October 24, 1945 after 51 countries have signed the charter.
  • With the ratification of the founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being.
  • UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter.
  • Since 1948, 24th October has been celebrated as United Nations Day.
  • It is headquartered in New York.
  • It has 193 members and latest member joined was South Sudan.
  • The Official Languages are Arabic, English, French, Chinese, Spanish, and Russian.
  • The organs of UN are General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, International court of Justice and Secretariat.

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