UN Anniversary Exhibits
80th Anniversary in 2025
80 Multilateral Agreements that Shaped our World: the United Nations at 80
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library presents an exploration of 80 key documents that have shaped the United Nations and our world. The selected documents represent watershed moments in the UN's history, from the groundbreaking 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which established fundamental protections for all people, to the transformative 2015 Paris Agreement that created our framework for global climate action and the 2024 Pact for the Future.
75th Anniversary in 2020
The United Nations Charter, the multilateral treaty which established the structure and functions of the UN, was signed on 26 June, 1945 in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, and came into force on 24 October 1945.
A history of the United Nations in documents, including the first use of the name and the evolution of the international cooperation that established the need for a multi-national mechanism to prevent war.
AudioVisual Library of International Law on the U.N. Charter
UN History Videos
The U.N. Charter in Art
UN Charter Preamble poster from the UN Association-UK
Preamble to the UN Charter, poster by the UN Association-UK
Preamble to the U.N. Charter
