The Jewish Chronicle
On this day: the UN General Assembly
January 10 1946: Gathering of a new international body
January 10, 2011 14:33
By, Jennifer Lipman
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January 10 1946: Gathering of a new international body
January 10, 2011 14:33By, Jennifer Lipman
Fifty-one nations were represented in the inaugural session of the UN General Assembly, held in London.
In the more than six decades since the UN has grown and developed to a membership of almost four times that, with countless funds, programmes and special agencies to its name.
In that time it has celebrated triumphs like approval of the partition plan in 1947, but also fallen short of its initial aspirations with resolutions such as “Zionism is racism”.
Founded in 1945, the UN was intended to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war” and to ”reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small”.
