Monday, January 24, 2011

United Nations

The name "United Nations" was coined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in January 1942. In 1945, representatives of fifty countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference to draw up the United Nations Charter, which was subsequently ratified. The United Nations General Assembly convened for the first time in Flushing Meadows, New York on October 23, 1946.
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