Background
January 1946

First General Assembly of the UN

On 26 June 1945 representatives of 50 nations signed the Charter of the United Nations which went into effect on 24 October of the same year. On 10 January 1946, in London, the first UN General Assembly is convened. Its goal is the permanent preservation of world peace.


Source: National Library of Wales
The big game - the first General Assembly of the UN



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