CHAPTER 4
United Nations
INTRODUCTION
The United Nation was established after the second world war with the aim of preventing future world wars, succeeding the League of Nations, which was characterized as ineffective. On 25 April 1945, fifty governments met in San Francisco for a conference and started drafting the United Nations Charter, which was adopted on 25 June 1945 and took effect on 24 October 1945, since then, we celebrate 24 October as United Nations Day. The name ‘United Nations’ was coined by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The headquarters of the United Nations is in New York, US. Official languages are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, and Russian. There are 193 members of the United Nation, the latest member is the ...
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