This source-based teaching guide introduces students to the story of the UN, its history and mission. By learning about the founding of the UN and analyzing textual and visual primary sources from the ...
It’s no good trying to sugarcoat the troubled history of the United Nations. This paradoxical organization emerged from the ruined cities and gas chambers of World War II with the explicit goal of ...
The United Nations Environment Program, UNEP, turns 50 years old this year. And in early June world leaders are gathering in the city where UNEP was born to commemorate this milestone in a conference ...
As the United Nations approaches its 80th anniversary, we delve deeper into the history of the Journal of the United Nations. The story of this staple UN publication, like that of the UN itself, began ...
One of the underlying principles of the UN Charter is the protection of the sovereign rights of states. Yet since 1945, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (Soviet Union/Russia, ...