● The United Nations (UN) was ascertained on October 24, 1945. ● The UN has 193 countries as its members and it is headquartered in New York, USA. ● The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international security and peace. ● Some objective of the United Nations are as follows : ◦ To maintain international peace and security. ◦ To encourage international cooperation in the spheres of social, economic and cultural developments. ◦ To foster worldwide cooperation in solving economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems. ◦ To safeguard and foster human rights and freedom ◦ To take all necessary measures for establishing international peace ◦ To enhance international security by solving international disputes ◦ To establish friendly relations among the nations. ● The UN has six principal organs : the General Assembly; the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC); the Trusteeship Council; the Security Council;UN Secretariat and the International Court of Justice. ● UNICEF, IMF, WHO, IDA, UNDP, UNEP, WTO are some of the important organizations of the UN.