United Nations

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The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization
international organization
charterSigned 1945-06-26
charterSignedAt San Francisco
emblem Flag of the United Nations
surface form: Emblem of the United Nations
firstSecretaryGeneral Trygve Lie
flag Flag of the United Nations
founded 1945
foundingContext after World War II
hasBudgetCurrency US dollar
surface form: United States dollar
hasChildrenAgency UNICEF
hasDevelopmentProgram United Nations Development Programme
hasGlobalScope yes
hasHumanRightsOffice Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
hasMainOrgan International Court of Justice
Trusteeship Council
United Nations Economic and Social Council
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Secretariat
United Nations Security Council
hasMemberStateCount 193
hasObserver Holy See
State of Palestine
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
hasPeacekeepingRole yes
hasPrincipalJudicialOrgan International Court of Justice
hasRefugeeAgency UNHCR
hasRegionalCommission United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
hasSpecializedAgency Food and Agriculture Organization
International Civil Aviation Organization
International Labour Organization
International Maritime Organization
International Monetary Fund
International Telecommunication Union
UNESCO
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
World Bank
surface form: World Bank Group

World Health Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization
World Meteorological Organization
World Tourism Organization
headquartersCoordinates 40.7496°N 73.9670°W
headquartersCountry United States of America
headquartersLocation New York City
inception 1945-10-24
legalDocument Charter of the United Nations
locatedOn Turtle Bay
surface form: Turtle Bay, Manhattan
memberState France
China
surface form: People's Republic of China

Russia
surface form: Russian Federation

United Kingdom
United States of America
predecessor League of Nations
purpose achieve international cooperation
develop friendly relations among nations
maintain international peace and security
promote and encourage respect for human rights
replaced League of Nations
secretaryGeneral António Guterres
secretaryGeneralStart 2017-01-01
shortName UN

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present-day Spain memberOf United Nations
subject surface form: Spain
ACABQ partOf United Nations
CEB Secretariat affiliatedWith United Nations
CEB Secretariat parentOrganization United Nations
ACC affiliation United Nations
ACC parentOrganization United Nations
HLCM affiliation United Nations
IPCC Working Groups affiliation United Nations
Burundian Armed Forces cooperatesWith United Nations
Spain and France memberOf United Nations
subject surface form: Spain
Spain and France memberOf United Nations
subject surface form: France
Argentina and Bolivia memberOf United Nations
French state (partially) memberOf United Nations
subject surface form: French state
Working Party on Road Transport (SC.1) of UNECE affiliation United Nations
subject surface form: Working Party on Road Transport (SC.1)
Gerry Lane affiliation United Nations
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) employer United Nations
subject surface form: Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi
WED parentOrganization United Nations
subject surface form: World Environment Day
Economic Statistics Branch affiliation United Nations
Economic Statistics Branch country United Nations
UN Comtrade database partOf United Nations
United States (inferred, American television work) memberOf United Nations
subject surface form: United States
UNAOC parentOrganization United Nations
Miguel Ángel Moratinos employer United Nations
Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser employer United Nations
Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser memberOf United Nations
C-24 country United Nations
Committee of 24 partOf United Nations
Charter Committee partOf United Nations
UNCITRAL Working Group II country United Nations
UNCITRAL Working Group II affiliation United Nations
Arsenio Dominguez employer United Nations
William Graham employer United Nations
UNCITRAL Working Group III country United Nations
UNCITRAL Working Group IV country United Nations
UNCITRAL Working Group V country United Nations
UNCITRAL Working Group VI affiliation United Nations