October 24 Marks the Day of the entry into force of the UN Charter, signed in San Francisco in 1945.
Rising from the ashes and chaos of WWII, the new Organization was founded as a last hope to maintain peace, encourage freedom and promote post-war development. The original founders the USA, Britain, France, Nationalist China and the Soviet Union became the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council.
Though UN Day was widely commemorated in the USA until the 1970's, the date is still significant in many of the world organization's 193 member states.
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