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United Nations Day

24 October


The anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter -- 24 October 1945 -- has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. It has traditionally been marked throughout the world by meetings, discussions and exhibits on the achievements and goals of the Organization. In 1971, the General Assembly recommended that Member States observe it as a public holiday (resolution 2782 (XXVI)). 

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Dag Hammarskjöld: U Thant:
  • Stig von Bayer, international troubleshooter for peace / Edward Hymoff. New York : J.H. Heineman, [1965]. xiii, 368 p. Contents: United Nations Peace Force / U Thant (p. 328-338) - United Nations Emergency Force / Dag Hammarskjöld (p. 338-354). (DHL Call#UNX.92 B357H)
  • View from the UN [the memoirs of U Thant]. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1978. xix, 508 p. (DHL Call#UNX.92 T367T)
Kurt Waldheim:
  • Building the future order : the search for peace in an interdependent world. New York : Free Press, c1980. xxv, 262 p. (DHL Call#UNX.1 W163). Library also has ed. in Spanish: Construyendo el orden futuro : la búsqueda de la paz en un mundo interdependiente. (DHL Call#UNST/SG(02)/W2)
  • The challenge of peace. London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, c1980. ix, 158 p. (DHL Call#UNX.25 W1632). Library also has eds. in French: UNX.25 W163 and Spanish:UNX.25 W1633
  • In the eye of the storm : a memoir. Bethesda, Md. : Adler & Adler, 1986. x, 278 p. (DHL Call#UNX.25 W162). Library also has ed. in French: UNX.25 W161.
Javier Perez de Cuellar:
  • Messages and statements on the International Year of Peace 1986. New York : UN, [1987]. 124 p. (DHL Call#UNST/PSCA(02)/L8)
  • Reflecting on the past and contemplating the future. Global governance - 1(2) May/Aug. 1995 : 149-170 (DHL Call#UNU(05)/G51/V.1:2)
  • Reflexiones sobre la Organización de las Naciones Unidas. Revista peruana de derecho internacional - 33(81) jul./sept. 1981 : 26-31 (DHL Call#341(05) R45)
  • Le rôle du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies. Revue générale de droit international public - 89(2) 1985 : 233-242 (DHL Call#LSA Xl R454g)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali:


UN ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION

A selection of interviews held with eminent personalities associated with the United Nations over the years, related to the San Francisco Conference (1945), the history of the founding of the Organization and its important role in conflict resolution since 1945. 
Transcripts of these interviews are presented here, as unedited text. 


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Conversations with History: Sir Brian Urquhart

The Dumbarton Oaks Proposals
Addresses of Officials and Meetings, 1944-1945
New York and Washington - Part I
Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Shreveport and New Orleans - Part II
Section Recommendations and Report of January 27, 1945 - Part III
(American Bar Association - Section of International and Comparative Law) 

History of the United Nations (Global Policy Forum)

Report from San Francisco Conference: April - June 1945
(National Broadcast Company) 

Report on San Francisco
A selection of editorials, news dispatches and radio broadcasts (The Washington Post)

The United Nations: United Nations Headquarters

The United Nations: The San Francisco Conference (April-May 1945)

UN Association of the United States of America

"We the Peoples...": UN Conference on International Organisation
The Story of the Conference in San Francisco, 1945 (United Nations Information Organisation)

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