Wednesday, October 24, 2018

UN birthday

On this day, October 24, 1945, the United Nations was founded.

It came into being with 51 member states, today there are 193 states in the UN.

Its main purpose is to maintain international peace and security.

The current Secretary General is António Guterres.

Headquarters is in New York, which has extra-territorial status. It has other main offices in Nairobi, Vienna and Geneva.

Ireland joined the United Nations in 1955.

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