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The name "United Nations" is coined by US President Franklin D RooseveltRepresentatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations CharterThe United Nations officially comes into existence when the Charter is ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the US and by a majority of other signatoriesThe First General Assembly, with 51 nations represented opens in Central Hall, Westminster, LondonThe now famous United Nations Security Council meets for the first time in London, adopting its rules of procedureThe UN General Assembly adopts its first resolution. Its main focus is on peaceful uses of atomic energy and the elimination of atomic and other weapons of mass destructionTrygve Lie of Norway becomes the first Secretary-General of the UNThe first UN observer mission is established in Palestine - UN Truce Supervision Organisation or UNTSOThe cornerstone is laid for the present UN Headquarters in New York CityThe UN Security Council passed a resolution which called on all members to help repel the invasion of South Korea by the NorthAfter a humiliating retreat, caused by the intervention of Chinese forces, the UN forces are forced to retreat from the sections of North KoreaAn armistice is eventually signed, with the front line accepted as the new border between the two sides. The document said it was aimed at a ceasefire "until a final peaceful settlement is achievedThe UN High Commissioner for Refugees wins first of two Nobel Peace Prizes, for its work with European refugees.The First Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly meets on the Suez Canal crisis and establishes the first UN Emergency Force or UNEF
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