The establishment of the United Nations

Nations were in ruins when World War II came to a close in 1945, and the world desired peace. From April 25 to June 26, 1945, representatives from 50 nations assembled in San Francisco, California, for the United Nations Conference on International Organization. They spent the next two months drafting and signing the UN Charter, which established a new international organization, the United Nations.

The United Nations aims to deter another world war like the one that has already occurred. On October 24, 1945, four months after the San Francisco Conference, the United Nations was formally established. China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and a number of other signatory countries approved its charter.

More than 75 years later, the United Nations is still striving to keep global peace and safety, provide humanitarian aid to those in need, promote human rights, and enforce international law.

At the same time, the United Nations is undertaking new missions that its founders did not envision for it in 1945. The United Nations has established the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals in order to ensure a better and more sustainable future for all of us. The United Nations has also agreed to take climate action to minimize global warming.