United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration was an international relief agency founded in November 1943 on the joint initiative of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and China. I
The Dupont Circle Building was the UNRRA head office in Washington DC from October 1944
Franklin Roosevelt signs the pact establishing the UNRRA immediately before a national radio address (9 November 1943).
Soldier of the UNRRA, March 1946
One of UNRRA-delivered British Liberation Class locomotives (named Tr202 series in Poland)
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The United Nations is an international intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations on 26 June 1945 with the articulated mission of maintaining intern
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
…services". Of the aid, 70% originated with the United States, but 44 countries participated in the relief in Europe and Asia. It became part of the United Nations (UN) in 1945 and was dissolved in September 1948. Its staff of civil servants included 12,000 people, with headquarters in New York. Funding came from…
Dag Hammarskjöld was a particularly active secretary-general from 1953 until his death in 1961.
Kofi Annan, secretary-general from 1997 to 2006
Flags of member nations at the United Nations Headquarters, pictured in 2007
Marking of the UN's 70th anniversary – Budapest, 2015