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The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt was first used in the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers.

In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter. Those delegates deliberated on the basis of proposals worked out by the representatives of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States at Dumbarton Oaks, United States in August-October 1944.

The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of the 50 countries. Poland, which was not represented at the Conference, signed it later and became one of the original 51 Member States.
The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories. United Nations Day is celebrated on 24 October each year.
States first established international organizations to cooperate on specific matters. The International Telecommunication Union was founded in 1865 as the International Telegraph Union, and the Universal Postal Union was established in 1874. Both are now United Nations specialized agencies.
In 1899, the International Peace Conference was held in The Hague to elaborate instruments for settling crises peacefully, preventing wars and codifying rules of warfare. It adopted the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes and established the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which began work in 1902.
The forerunner of the United Nations was the League of Nations, an organization conceived in similar circumstances during the first World War, and established in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles "to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security." The International Labour Organization was also created under the Treaty of Versailles as an affiliated agency of the League. The League of Nations ceased its activities after failing to prevent the Second World War.

facts about the United Nations

1. The UN was founded after the Second World War to replace the League Of Nations which had been so ineffectual in preventing war.
2. When the UN was founded there were 45 members. There are now 193.

4. UN Peacekeeping forces comprise 116,919 field forces from 123 countries.
5. The UN Charter comprises 8,778 words. The second draft of the EU Ecolabel preliminary report for Sanitary Products (including toilet paper) has over five times as many (44,065) words.

6. The UN provides food to 90 million people…
7. …and vaccinations for 58 per cent of the world’s children.

8. The United Nations was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001...
9. ...and an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) in 1947.
10. There are three countries that are not members of the UN: Kosovo (not recognised by enough UN members), Taiwan (place was taken by China in 1971) and Vatican City (religious reasons).

3. The most recent country to be admitted to the UN was South Sudan in 2011.