Seven decades of the United Nations

October 24, 1945

Nov 1956 – Jun 67

Victors of World War II –

China, France, UK, USSR

and U.S. – ratify United

Nations’ Charter, creating

UN Security Council

First UN peacekeeping

force established to

secure withdrawal of

British, French and

Israeli troops from

Egypt following Suez Canal crisis

January 1946

16

First UN General Assembly takes

place in London, UK

Current peacekeeping forces

November 1967

51

193

UN member states in 1946

Member states in 2015

Following Israel’s Six-Day War

against Egypt, Jordan and Syria,

Security Council’s Resolution 242

calls for withdrawal of Israeli armed

forces from occupied territories

February 1946

Norwegian

Trygve Lie elected

as first Secretary-

General of United

Nations

2,234

UN resolutions to date

September 1987

Signing of Montreal

Protocol leads to

start of recovery

of Antarctic ozone

hole – UN’s most

successful treaty

8

Secretaries-General 1946-2015

December 1948

Under guidance of

Eleanor Roosevelt,

General Assembly

adopts Universal

Declaration of

Human Rights.

197

Signatories to Protocol

September 1996

UN adopts Comprehensive Nuclear

Test-Ban Treaty

UN’s first Declaration becomes

foundation for numerous

international laws and treaties

183

Signatories to date

90

July 2002

UN Declarations 1948-2015

International Criminal Court is

established following Rome Statute

October 1954

UN High Commission

for Refugees wins

Nobel Peace Prize for

its work with post-war

refugees in Europe

123

Countries party to ICC

November 2012

General Assembly accords

non-Member Observer State status

to State of Palestine

11

UN Nobel Laureates

Source: United Nations

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Seven decades of the United Nations

October 24, 1945

Victors of World War II –

China, France, UK, USSR

and U.S. – ratify United

Nations’ Charter, creating

UN Security Council

January 1946

First

takes place in London, UK

UN General Assembly

51

193

UN member states in 1946

Member states in 2015

February 1946

Norwegian

elected as first Secretary-General

of United Nations

Trygve Lie

8

Secretaries-General 1946-2015

December 1948

Under guidance of

General Assembly adopts

Eleanor Roosevelt,

Universal

Declaration of Human Rights.

UN’s first Declaration becomes

foundation for numerous

international laws and treaties

90

UN Declarations 1948-2015

October 1954

UN High Commission for Refugees

wins Nobel Peace Prize for its work

with post-war refugees in Europe

11

UN Nobel Laureates

Nov 1956 – Jun 67

First UN peacekeeping

force established to

secure withdrawal of

British, French and

Israeli troops from

Egypt following

Suez Canal crisis

16

Current peacekeeping forces

November 1967

Following Israel’s Six-Day War against Egypt,

Jordan and Syria, Security Council’s

calls for withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from

occupied territories

Resolution 242

2,234

UN resolutions to date

September 1987

Signing of

leads to start of recovery of

Antarctic ozone hole –

UN’s most successful treaty

Montreal Protocol

197

Signatories to Protocol

September 1996

UN adopts

Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty

183

Signatories to date

July 2002

is established following

International Criminal Court

Rome Statute

123

Countries party to ICC

November 2012

General Assembly accords

non-Member Observer State

status to State of Palestine

Source: United Nations

Pictures: Associated Press, NASA

© GRAPHIC NEWS

Seven decades of the United Nations

October 24, 1945

Victors of World War II – China,

France, UK, USSR and U.S. –

ratify United Nations’ Charter,

creating

UN Security Council

January 1946

First

UN General Assembly

takes place in London, UK

51

193

UN member states in 1946

Member states in 2015

February 1946

Norwegian

Trygve Lie

elected as first

Secretary-General

of United Nations

Secretaries-General

1946-2015

8

December 1948

Under guidance of

Eleanor

Roosevelt,

General Assembly

adopts

Universal

Declaration of Human Rights.

UN’s first Declaration becomes

foundation for numerous

international laws and treaties

UN Declarations

1948-2015

90

October 1954

UN High

Commission

for Refugees

wins Nobel Peace

Prize for its work

with post-war refugees in Europe

11

UN Nobel Laureates

November 1956 – June 67

First UN peacekeeping force

established to secure withdrawal

of British, French and Israeli

troops from Egypt following

Suez Canal crisis

Current peacekeeping

forces

16

November 1967

Following Israel’s Six-Day War

against Egypt, Jordan and Syria,

Security Council’s

calls for withdrawal of Israeli

armed forces from occupied

territories

Resolution 242

2,234

UN resolutions to date

September 1987

Signing of

Montreal

leads to

Protocol

start of recovery

of Antarctic ozone

hole – considered as

UN’s most successful treaty

197

Signatories to Protocol

September 1996

UN adopts

Comprehensive

Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty

183

Signatories to date

July 2002

International Criminal Court

is established following Rome

Statute

123

Countries party to ICC

November 2012

General Assembly accords

non-Member Observer State

status to State of Palestine

Source: United Nations

Pictures: Associated Press, NASA

© GRAPHIC NEWS