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October 24th : United Nations DAY

United Nations - Nations Unies - Naciones Unidas

Flag of the United Nations

Headquarters Manhattan Island, New York City, New York, USA

Membership 192 member states

Official languages Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

Secretary General

Kofi Annan until January 1st 2007:

Followed by South Korean Foreign Minister

Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon

Formation

as wartime alliance:

1 January 1942as international organization:

24 October1945

The five permanent members of the UN Security Council, each of which has veto poweron any UN resolution, are the five main victors of World War II or their successors:

1. People's Republic of China (which replaced the Republic of China)2. France3. Russia (which replaced the Soviet Union)4. the United States5. the United Kingdom.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in

international law,international security, economic development, and social equity. It was founded in 1945 at

the signing of the United Nations Charterby 51 countries, replacing the League of Nations founded in 1919.

The UN was founded after the end ofWorld War II by the victorious allied powers with the hope that it would

act to prevent and intervene in conflicts between nations and make future wars impossible or limited. The

organization's structure still reflects in some ways the circumstances of its founding, which has led to calls for

reform. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council, each of which has veto poweron any UN

resolution, are the five main victors of World War II or their successors: People's Republic of China (which

replaced the Republic of China), France,Russia (which replaced the Soviet Union), the United States, and the

United Kingdom.

As of2006, there exist 192 United Nations member states, including virtually all internationally recognized

independent states. From its headquarters inNew York City, the UN's member countries and specialized

agencies give guidance and decide on substantive and administrative issues in regular meetings held throughout

each year. The organization is divided into administrative bodies, including the General Assembly,Security

Council, Economic and Social Council,Secretariat, Trusteeship Council, and the International Court of Justice

(ICJ), as well as counterpart bodies dealing with the governance of all other UN system agencies, such as the

World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The UN's most visiblepublic figure, and the representative head, is the Secretary-General, currently Kofi Annan. On October 13th

2006, South Korean Foreign MinisterBan Ki-moon was approved by the United Nations General Assembly as

the world body's eighth secretary-general and the first Asian to hold the post since 1971. Ban will assume the

title on January 1,2007.

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