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The United Nations is a global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations on 26 June 1945 with the articulated mission of maintaining international
1943 sketch by Franklin Roosevelt of the UN original three branches: The Four Policemen, an executive branch, and an international assembly of forty UN member states.
Dag Hammarskjöld was a particularly active secretary-general from 1953 until he died in 1961.
Kofi Annan, secretary-general from 1997 to 2006
Flags of member nations at the United Nations Headquarters, pictured in 2007
The headquarters of the United Nations is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd St
View of the complex from Long Island City in 2021; from left to right: the Secretariat, Conference, and General Assembly buildings
UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in front of the General Assembly Building (1950s)
The UN headquarters in 2024