The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, and came into force on 24 October 1945. The United Nations can take action ...

United Nations Day is an annual commemorative day to reflect on the day the United Nations (UN) was born, October 24, 1945.

United Nations Day, on 24 October, marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories ...

This Office of War Information film documents the founding United Nations conference of April to June 1945 in which the U.N. Charter was created, debated, and signed by all 50 participating nations.

Jan. 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day to memorialize the six million Jews and millions of other victims of Nazi ...

EXPLAINER: What Is the United Nations? In 1945, not long after the end of World War II, representatives of countries from around the world came together to create the United Nations, hoping it ...

Trump's threats of taking over Greenland and the Panama Canal are contrary to international law, undercutting moral standing ...

Here are the key functions of the United Nations, including maintaining peace, promoting human rights, delivering ...

According to the UN charter, adopted in 1945 in the wake of the most destructive war in human history, the United States and a host of other nations agreed that “[a]ll Members shall refrain in ...