UNICEF - UNICEF Home. Gapminder: Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view. World Health Organization. The United Nations at a Glance. The UN was founded on 24 October 1945. The UN has 193 Members States. There are currently more than 100,000 UN peacekeepers in 16 peace operations. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are the UN official languages. Did You Know? The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights. The UN has 4 main purposes To keep peace throughout the world; To develop friendly relations among nations; To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms; To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals.
The work of the United Nations reaches every corner of the globe.