On 26 June 1945, official representatives of 50 countries, meeting in San Francisco, United States, signed the Charter of the United Nations, forming the world’s premier international organization, ...

The United Nations Charter prohibits the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another state, the only recognised exception being self-defence in response to an a ...

Commentary: Although the U.N. was created with the goal of ending war and solving global problems, in many cases it has been ...

Behind the signing of the United Nations Charter is the story of mankind's age-old attempts to take common action so that peace and security may be achieved. Some of the world's most illustrious poets ...