How and Why History: The United Nations at 75
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🗓️ 16 September 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In the aftermath of the Second World War, 850 delegates from 50 nations gathered in San Fransisco, determined to establish an organisation which would preserve peace and help build a better world. Over the last 75 years, the UN has committed itself to maintaining international peace and security, and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights. But how did the UN come about? How effective has it been in maintaining peace in the world? And where might it have failed? Rob Weinberg asks the big questions about this important development in global affairs with the leading analyst of UN history and politics Professor Thomas Weiss of the City University of New York’s Graduate Center and Distinguished Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone, welcome to Dance Know's History Hit. Yesterday, sort of the anniversary of |
| 0:04.9 | the start of the United Nations General Assembly. This is the 75th anniversary of that August |
| 0:11.6 | body and so in this episode of History Hits, How and Why History series, we're finding |
| 0:15.8 | out all about the birth of the UN. It's success as in the failures over the past three |
| 0:19.5 | quarters of a century. If you like this episode of How and Why History, |
| 0:22.7 | our brilliant spin-off podcast, please go and check out its own feed, How and Why History, |
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| 0:55.7 | let's go back to 1945 and the momentous events in San Francisco. Enjoy. |
| 1:05.0 | In the aftermath of the Second World War, representatives of 80% of the planet's population |
| 1:11.4 | came together to form the United Nations. 75 years ago, 850 delegates from 50 nations |
| 1:19.7 | gathered in San Francisco determined to establish an organization which would preserve peace |
| 1:25.8 | and help build a better world. In the chair was Britain's Lord Halifax. |
| 1:31.4 | And it is now my duty, my honor and my privilege in the chair, to curl for a vote on the approval |
| 1:41.9 | of the charter of the United Nations. Nation by nation, the delegates stand up for the great |
| 1:47.7 | new charter they hammered out together. 15 nations standing side by side unanimous for peace. |
| 1:54.2 | Now, final signing of the charter, China signing first as the first nation attacked in this war. |
| 2:00.4 | Dr. Wellington Kuh signature topping the long list to come. |
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