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United Nations Day 65th Anniversary
United Nations Day 65th anniversary celebrations. October 24 is the day that commemorates the founding of the United Nations in 1945. This year happens to be the 65th anniversay of the United States, a day full of celebrations that also come under debate.
"The United Nations is not just a product of do-gooders. It is harshly real. The day will come when men will see the UN and what it means clearly. Everything will be all right -- you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction, and see it as a drawing they made themselves," Dag Hammarskjold, Second Secretary General of the United Nations, as quoted in The London Times, June 27, 1955.
Even so, countries across the world including Holland, Switzerland, Belgium, and the United States are celebrating. These celebrations include concerts, debates about the role in modern times and state heads and other leaders issuing proclamations about the United Nations.
The traditional United Nations Day concert at the General Assembly Hall of the UN Headquarters in New York City took place on Friday, October 22, 2010. The concert featured the Korean Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra, headed by chief conductor Shinik Hahm. The program included classical music and a unique medley of traditional Korean folk music.
The United Nations is currently composed of 192 member states. Two non-member countries are presently located in Geneva as are eight intergovernmental organizations and all participate in United Nations activities. The Vatican and Taiwan don't belong to the United Nations.
Like other parts of the globe the United Nations day was observed in Pakistan with simplicity due to recent flood situation.
YouTube - United Nations Day 2010: Secretary-General message
UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon in his message on United Nations Day said, I express my great appreciation to the millions of people throughout the world who believe deeply in our work for peace, development and human rights. and who uphold our ideals and help us achieve our goals.
Sixty-five years ago on this date, the founding Charter of the United Nations entered into force. Every year on UN Day, we reaffirm our global mission.
We reassert the universal values of tolerance, mutual respect and human dignity. And we recognize the progress we have made together: gains in literacy and life expectancy. The spread of knowledge and technology... advances in democracy and the rule of law.
But above all, UN Day is a day on which we resolve to do more. More to protect those caught up in armed conflict, to fight climate change and avert nuclear catastrophe; more to expand opportunities for women and girls, and to combat injustice and impunity; more to meet the Millennium Development Goals.
Last months MDG Summit at the United Nations generated political momentum as well as financial commitments that are especially significant in these difficult economic times. I am determined to press ahead as the 2015 deadline approaches.
Despite our problems, despite polarization and distrust, our interconnected world has opened up vast new possibilities for common progress. Let us commit to do even more to realize the great vision set out in the UN Charter.
In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter.
The Charter was signed on June 26, 1945 by the representatives of the 50 countries.
The United Nations officially came into existence on Oct. 24, 1945, when the Charter was ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories.
The anniversary of the Charter has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948, traditionally commemorated throughout the world with meetings, discussions and exhibits on the achievements and goals of the organization.
In 1971, the U.N. General Assembly recommended member states to observe the date as a public holiday.
United Nations Day 65th anniversary celebrations. October 24 is the day that commemorates the founding of the United Nations in 1945. This year happens to be the 65th anniversay of the United States, a day full of celebrations that also come under debate.
"The United Nations is not just a product of do-gooders. It is harshly real. The day will come when men will see the UN and what it means clearly. Everything will be all right -- you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction, and see it as a drawing they made themselves," Dag Hammarskjold, Second Secretary General of the United Nations, as quoted in The London Times, June 27, 1955.
Even so, countries across the world including Holland, Switzerland, Belgium, and the United States are celebrating. These celebrations include concerts, debates about the role in modern times and state heads and other leaders issuing proclamations about the United Nations.
The traditional United Nations Day concert at the General Assembly Hall of the UN Headquarters in New York City took place on Friday, October 22, 2010. The concert featured the Korean Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra, headed by chief conductor Shinik Hahm. The program included classical music and a unique medley of traditional Korean folk music.
The United Nations is currently composed of 192 member states. Two non-member countries are presently located in Geneva as are eight intergovernmental organizations and all participate in United Nations activities. The Vatican and Taiwan don't belong to the United Nations.
Like other parts of the globe the United Nations day was observed in Pakistan with simplicity due to recent flood situation.
YouTube - United Nations Day 2010: Secretary-General message
UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon in his message on United Nations Day said, I express my great appreciation to the millions of people throughout the world who believe deeply in our work for peace, development and human rights. and who uphold our ideals and help us achieve our goals.
Sixty-five years ago on this date, the founding Charter of the United Nations entered into force. Every year on UN Day, we reaffirm our global mission.
We reassert the universal values of tolerance, mutual respect and human dignity. And we recognize the progress we have made together: gains in literacy and life expectancy. The spread of knowledge and technology... advances in democracy and the rule of law.
But above all, UN Day is a day on which we resolve to do more. More to protect those caught up in armed conflict, to fight climate change and avert nuclear catastrophe; more to expand opportunities for women and girls, and to combat injustice and impunity; more to meet the Millennium Development Goals.
Last months MDG Summit at the United Nations generated political momentum as well as financial commitments that are especially significant in these difficult economic times. I am determined to press ahead as the 2015 deadline approaches.
Despite our problems, despite polarization and distrust, our interconnected world has opened up vast new possibilities for common progress. Let us commit to do even more to realize the great vision set out in the UN Charter.
In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter.
The Charter was signed on June 26, 1945 by the representatives of the 50 countries.
The United Nations officially came into existence on Oct. 24, 1945, when the Charter was ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories.
The anniversary of the Charter has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948, traditionally commemorated throughout the world with meetings, discussions and exhibits on the achievements and goals of the organization.
In 1971, the U.N. General Assembly recommended member states to observe the date as a public holiday.
