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London Declaration Signed
Britain, Canada, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, and multiple exile governments signed the London Declaration as a plea for peace. -
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United Nations
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Churchill and Roosevelt Meet
Winston Churchhill and Franklin D. Roosevelt have a secret meeting on board the warship "Prince of Wales." Here they discussed what shape the world will be in when World War II ended, and they came up with the idea to start the United Nations. -
The title "United Nations" was adopted
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Dumbarton Oaks Conference
The first of two different conferences from the end of August to beginning of October and late April to late June 1945. At the Dumbarton Oaks mansion in Washington D.C., representatives of the Soviet Union, the U.S., China, and Britain created the structure of the UN. -
President Roosevelt Dies, Truman becomes President
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San Francisco Meeting
The four main countries: President Truman, United States, Joseph Stalin, Premier, USSR, Clement Attlee, Great Britain, and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of China wrote the Charter of the United Nations -
Charter of the United Nations Signed
The Charter of the United Nations was signed by 51 countries and the United Nations began. -
UNESCO Began
UNESCO is committed to building peace, ending poverty, maintaining development and intercultural talks through education, the sciences, communication, and information. UNESCO has two main priorities: Africa and Gender Equality and a number of objectives that include lifelong learning, science knowledge for sustainable development, addressing social and ethical challenges, etc. -
UNICEF Was Established
UNICEF was created to help children in Europe, China, and the Middle East that live in war-torn areas. 21,000 children die every day in these parts of the world from malnutrition, unsafe drinking water, no affordable vaccines, etc. UNICEF now works in over 150 countries around the world and has saved more children's lives than any other humanitarian organization. -
United States United Nations established
By an act of Congress the United States United Nations, or USUN, was established to help the President and the Department of State in carrying out United States policy at the United Nations. USUN is in charge of making sure that the US participates in the world body. -
The General Assembly Establishes UNHCR
Started shortly after World War II ended to assist the one million Europeans that were uprooted from their country, as a result of the war, return home. The agency's mandate is to lead international action to help protect refugees and fix refugee problems all over the world. Today UNHCR employs around 6,650 people in over 110 countries.
