United Nations Day

Last Updated24/10/2021

United Nations Day is celebrated on October 24 every year.
It marks the official establishment of the United Nations in 1945.
On this day, the UN Charter was ratified by the majority of signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, and this led to the official establishment of UN.

The Day was first celebrated in 1948. The UN, in 1971, also recommended the member states to observe it as a public holiday.
UN Day is usually marked by a concert that is held in the General Assembly Hall of the Organisation, at Headquarters in New York.
This year, UN Day Concert had a hybrid format - with live and pre-recorded performances.

The United Nations was founded immediately after the end of World War II.
It succeeded the failed League of Nations with the aim of preventing further wars.
It is an intergovernmental organisation whose primary role is to maintain world peace and security.
It plays an important role in developing friendly relations among countries, achieve international cooperation and be a centre of coordination for nations.
The organisation’s objectives are to maintain international peace, protect human rights, deliver humanitarian aid, promote sustainable development, and to uphold international law.
The UN had 51 members at the time of its establishment which has now increased to 193 countries.
The UN has different organs: the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the UN Secretariat.
It also has many different specialised organisations overlooking different sectors.
Some of them are: the World Bank, the World Health Organisation, Unesco, Unicef, the World Food Programme.