A Collection of Images and Quotes from the Beginnings of the United Nations.
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The United Nations Charter in 1946.
The main principles of the UN:
All Member States have sovereign equality.
All Member States Must Obey the Charter.
Countries must try to settle their differences by peaceful means.
Countries must avoid using force or threatening to use force.
The UN may not interfere in the domestic affairs of any country.
Countries should try to assist the United Nations.
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The conference on Security Organization for Peace in Post-War World at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C. August of 1944.
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The first General Assembly of the United Nations in London, January 10th 1946.
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The First Security Council Meeting in London, January 17th 1946.
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Mrs. Roosevelt holding a Declaration of Human Rights Poster in November of 1949.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was passed by the General Assembly on December 10th, 1948. Some of the main points are:Equality Before Law.
Protection Against Arbitrary Arrest.
The Right to a Fair Trial.
Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion.
Freedom of Opinion and Expression.
Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association.
The Right to Work.
The Right to a Standard of Living Adequate for Health and Well-Being.
The Right to an Education. |
Secretary General Lie and Chief Architect Harrison seal Cornerstone of UN Headquarters in New York, December 24th 1949.
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A view of the completed UN building after it was completed in 1950.
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Edward R. Stettinius Jr the first Delegate for the United States in the United Nations.
He was present at the Conference in San Francisco and made some notable quotes regarding the United Nations."I am sure the American people share with me a strong sense of the significance of this occasion and are prepared to give their full support to the United Nations to the end that our common aim of building a new and better world shall be attained." And... "This charter is a compact, born of suffering and of war; with it now rests our hope for a good and a lasting peace." |
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill in 1942.
He said these words to Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference in 1945."The peace of the world depends upon the lasting friendship of the three great powers, but His Majesty's Government feel we should be putting ourselves in a false position if we put ourselves in the position of trying to rule the world when our desire is to serve the world and preserve it from a renewal of the frightful horrors which have fallen upon the mass of its inhabitants." |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
He said these words, "Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it"
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Dag Hammarskjold, the Second Secretary-General of the UN.
He was noted saying these important words in 1958. "It is diplomacy, not speeches and votes, that continues to have the last word in the process of peace-making"
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