United Nations Day – 24 October
October 26 , 2021
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- This year will mark this intergovernmental organisation’s 76th year since the foundation.
- The day marks the anniversary of the day when the UN Charter entered into force in 1945.
- This year's UN Day Concert held under the theme “Building Back Together for Peace and Prosperity”.
- It was sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations.
- The name 'United Nations' was coined by former United States President Franklin D Roosevelt.
- It currently has 193 member states.
- In 1953, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, became the first woman President of the Un General Assembly.
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