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The United Nations (U.N.) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. It was founded in 1945 at the signing of the United Nations Charter by 50 countries, replacing the League of Nations, founded in 1919.
The UN was founded after the end of World War II by the victorious Allied Powers in the hope that it would act to intervene in conflicts between nations and thereby avoid war. The organization's structure still reflects in some ways the circumstances of its founding. The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, each of which has veto power on any UN resolution, are the main victors of World War II or their successor states: People's Republic of China (which replaced the Republic of China), the French Republic, the Russian Federation (which replaced the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
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How to say "United Nations" in other languages:
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(Chinese) | 联合国 |
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(Japanese) | 国際連合 |
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(German) | Vereinte Nationen |
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(Spanish) | Organización de las Naciones Unidas |
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(French) | Organisation des Nations unies |
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(Italian) | Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite |
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