On 26 June 1945, official representatives of 50 countries, meeting in San Francisco, United States, signed the Charter of the United Nations, forming the world’s premier international organization, ...

When the Charter of the United Nations came into force on October 24, 1945, the smoke of war still hung over cities from Warsaw to Hiroshima. In the ruined aftermath of the Second World War, with ...

The author is a former Korean ambassador to the United Nations. The United Nations marked its 80th anniversary on Friday. Founded in 1945 amid the ruins of World War II — a conflict that claimed some ...

As you enter the building, your eyes are drawn to a bluish light. It is the stained-glass Window of Peace. At the heart of the United Nations, it is dedicated to those who serve peace. It was created ...