United Nations Day - October 24
October 28 , 2020
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- The United Nations came into Existence on October 24, 1945.
- It marks the anniversary of UN Charter coming in to force.
- This year 2020 marks 75 years of successful functioning of the United Nations.
- Theme of this year is 'The Future We Want, UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism'.
- The Day is also called World War II Allies Day.
- The Allies of World War called for establishing the United Nations in 1942.
- The decisions of the allies were controlled by UK, Soviet Union and United States.
- These three countries were then referred as “Big Three”.
- Along with China, the four countries are referred to as “Four Policemen of the United Nations”.
- They together opposed the Axis powers during the second world war.
- The Axis powers were Japan, German and Italy.
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