Founding United Nations

the un in 1945. in light blue, founding members. in dark blue, protectorates , territories of founding members.

the un formulated , negotiated among delegations allied big 4 (the soviet union, uk, us, , china) @ dumbarton oaks conference in 1944. after months of planning, un conference on international organization opened in san francisco, 25 april 1945, attended 50 governments , number of non-governmental organizations involved in drafting un charter. heads of delegations of sponsoring countries took turns chairman of plenary meetings: anthony eden, of britain, edward stettinius, of united states, t. v. soong, of china, , vyacheslav molotov, of soviet union. @ later meetings, lord halifax deputized mr. eden, wellington koo t. v. soong, , mr gromyko mr. molotov. un officially came existence 24 october 1945, upon ratification of charter 5 permanent members of security council—france, republic of china, soviet union, uk , us—and majority of other 46 signatories.

the first meetings of general assembly, 51 nations represented, , security council took place in london beginning 10 january 1946. general assembly selected new york city site headquarters of un, , facility completed in 1952. site—like un headquarters buildings in geneva, vienna, , nairobi—is designated international territory. norwegian foreign minister, trygve lie, elected first un secretary-general.

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