The document traces the origins of the United Nations from proposals in the late 18th century by Immanuel Kant for a federation of nations to promote world peace. It discusses the League of Nations after World War I and key events leading to the founding of the UN in 1945, including the Atlantic Charter signed by Roosevelt and Churchill. Today, the UN has 193 member nations and continues to pursue economic and human rights.
The document traces the origins of the United Nations from proposals in the late 18th century by Immanuel Kant for a federation of nations to promote world peace. It discusses the League of Nations after World War I and key events leading to the founding of the UN in 1945, including the Atlantic Charter signed by Roosevelt and Churchill. Today, the UN has 193 member nations and continues to pursue economic and human rights.
The document traces the origins of the United Nations from proposals in the late 18th century by Immanuel Kant for a federation of nations to promote world peace. It discusses the League of Nations after World War I and key events leading to the founding of the UN in 1945, including the Atlantic Charter signed by Roosevelt and Churchill. Today, the UN has 193 member nations and continues to pursue economic and human rights.
2. United nations founded to promote World Peace and Cooperation 3. In the late 18th Century a German Philosopher Immanuel Kant had proposed a federation or “league” of the world’s nations. 4. The League of Nations had a total of 63 member Nations. 5. US President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter. 6. UN comes into being on 24th October 1945. 7. The First World War broke out in 1914 and lasted for over four years. 8. The Second world war which lasted from 1939 to 1945. 9. Today 193 Countries are members of the UN. 10. Important achievement of the UN was the adoption of the “Charter of Economic Rights” in 1974 11. All over the world Human Rights day Celebrated on 10 December. 12. The flag of the UN has a world map surrounded by olive branches with a light blue background. 13. Olive Branches in UN Flag Symbolises Peace. 14. The New Organisation is drafted in 1944 at the Dumbarton Oaks estate in Washington D.C. 15. The name United Nations was Coined by US President Franklin Roosevelt.