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In 1945, representatives
of 50 countries from around the world gathered in San Francisco,
U.S.A.
to draw up the charter of the United Nations.
Among other things, the
U.N. charter commits the signatory
members and the United Nations organisation to promoting
international peace and security.
The United Nations now
consists of a number of organisations, some autonomous, all dealing
with different international concerns.
The central emblem used on
the United Nations flag started out as a button design, commissioned
for the 1945 San Francisco conference. A modified design was later
approved for use as the official seal and emblem of the United
Nations.
The flag of the United
Nations was adopted from this design on the 20th of October 1947. |
