Founded after World War II, to replace the League of Nations. Its stated aims are: 'facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace'. There are currently 193 member states.
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United Nations
Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations unveiled thi...
Tulip Tree Planted 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing by the Un...
The phrase"distant obligation..." references a cabinet meeting on 25 June 195...
Presented to the City of Westminster by the United Nations Association, to ce...
"... sixty years of peace between the peoples of Britain and Germany" in 2005...
Wikipedia. War in History refers to the efforts to prohibit aerial bombing.
