What is the UN?
- The United Nations is an organization of nations that attempt to solve the major problems of the world.
- It is an international organization in which all nations, big and small, rich and poor, have an opportunity to talk to each other.
What is the point of having the UN?
- According to the Charter of the United Nations, passed in 1945 (right after the terrible Second World War)…
"The Purposes of the United Nations are:
- To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;
- To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;
- To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and
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