United Nations day UN Day marks the
anniversary of the entry into force in
1945 of the UN Charter with the
ratification of this founding document
by the majority of its signatories
including the five permanent members of
the Security Council the United Nations
officially came into being 24th of
October has been celebrated as United
Nations Day since 1948 in 1971 the
United Nations General Assembly
recommended that the day be observed by
member states as a public holiday the
ideas around the United Nations were
developed in the last years of World War
two particularly during the UN
conference on international organization
in San Francisco the United States
beginning on April 25th 1945 the UN was
officially created when a UN Charter was
ratified on October 24th that year there
were also calls for United Nations date
to be an international public holiday to
bring attention to the work role and
achievements of the UN and its family of
specialized agencies these have been
spectacular particularly in the fields
of Human Rights support in areas of
famine eradication of disease promotion
of health and settlement of refugees the
work of the United Nations touches every
corner of the globe
and focuses on a broad range of
fundamental issues like sustainable
development protection of the
environment and refugees disaster relief
and mitigation counterterrorism as well
as disarmament and non-proliferation
in September 2015 world leaders gathered
at the United Nations headquarters in
New York and unanimously adopted the
2030 agenda for sustainable development
a new universal standard for development
that will ensure no one is left behind
the UN emblem consists of a projection
of the globe centered on the North Pole
the projection is surrounded by images
of olive branches representing peace
happy United Nations Day
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