● The United Nations (UN) was ascertained on October 24, 1945.
● The UN has 193 countries as its members and it is headquartered in New York, USA.
● The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international security and peace.
● Some objective of the United Nations are as follows :
◦ To maintain international peace and security.
◦ To encourage international cooperation in the spheres of social, economic and cultural developments.
◦ To foster worldwide cooperation in solving economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems.
◦ To safeguard and foster human rights and freedom
◦ To take all necessary measures for establishing international peace
◦ To enhance international security by solving international disputes
◦ To establish friendly relations among the nations.
● The UN has six principal organs : the General Assembly; the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC); the Trusteeship Council; the Security Council;UN Secretariat and the International Court of Justice.
● UNICEF, IMF, WHO, IDA, UNDP, UNEP, WTO are some of the important organizations of the UN.