Abstract
The United Nations (UN) is an→international organization with 193 member states that is often referred to as the world's only truly universal global organization. Succeeding the → League of Nations, its origins date back to proposals for the establishment of a 'general international organization', which the Allied Powers of the Second World War formulated and negotiated at the Dumbarton Oaks conference from August to October 1944. After the war had ended, delegates from 50 states gathered at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco from April to June 1945, which led to the adoption of the UN Charter on 26 June 1945. The Charter entered into force a few months later, on 24 October 1945, following ratification by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and a majority of the other signatories.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights |
| Editors | Christina Binder, Manfred Novak, Jane A. Hofbauer, Philipp Janig |
| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Pages | 466-473 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Volume | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781789903621 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781789903614 |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
| Externally published | Yes |