What is the UN?

The United Nations is the short name for the United Nations, created in the year that World War II ended. 1945 was the beginning of the unification of many peacekeeping organizations into one, with headquarters in the United States, the city of New York.

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Before the UN emerged in Europe, North America and Russia, organizations existed that promoted the interstate union for the benefit of all mankind. Such a postulate was made, in particular, by the League of Nations and the European Concert diplomatic education. However, World War II required the emergence of a more significant and serious structure. And in early 1945, the world's major powers, such as the Soviet Union, the USA, China, Britain and France, signed a treaty establishing the United Nations at a conference in San Francisco. Within six months, another 45 states joined the UN, later Poland joined them.

Today, the United Nations has about two hundred members, including such exotic countries as the Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Guinea-Bissau, Antigua and Barbados. A state can become a new member of the United Nations only if it is ready to establish diplomatic relations and promote peacefulness. Also, members of the Council must vote for the candidate, with a result of at least nine out of fifteen positive votes. The decisive word is with the USA, Russia, China, France and Great Britain, the founding countries of the UN.

The United Nations is composed of six divisions. This is the UN General Assembly, which discusses issues related to the maintenance of common peace and security at annual meetings in the presence of representatives of 193 participating countries. Also included in the UN are the Security Council, the Economic Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice and the Registry. Of all the units, only the Security Council has the right to make specific decisions regarding peacekeeping, up to and including the call of participating countries for collective peacekeeping measures. Resolutions of all other UN entities are advisory in nature.

On the territory of the Soviet Union, the first agency belonging to the UN agency began to work three years after the creation of the United Nations. In 1948, the Information Center opened in Moscow, later another fourteen structures joined it. Today, UN agencies in Russia determine the strategic development of government programs aimed at supporting economic development, the health of the country's population, as well as control over the demographic situation and the environment.