- United Nations
- geographical name political organization established 1945; headquarters in New York City in E central Manhattan overlooking East River — see Turtle Bay
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
United Nations
Look at other dictionaries:
UNITED NATIONS (UN) — UNITED NATIONS (UN), a worldwide organization of states established in 1945, in the wake of World War II, with a view, primarily, to maintain international peace and security and also bring about cooperation among nations in the economic, social … Encyclopedia of Judaism
United Nations (UN) — an international organisation founded by charter in 1945 after the Second World War. Leaving aside its enormous political influence, its charter obliges it, among other things, to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, to establish… … Law dictionary
United Nations — n. An international organization founded in 1945 to help nations cooperate in matters of human rights, economics, security, and international law. abbrv. UN The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy… … Law dictionary
United Nations — 1942, the Allied nations at war with the Axis powers; the international body (officially the United Nations Organization) was chartered in 1945. Such negotiation as may occur in New York is not conducted within the walls of the tall building by… … Etymology dictionary
United Nations — ☆ United Nations n. an international organization of nations pledged to promote world peace and security, maintain treaty obligations & the observance of international law, & cooperate in furthering social progress: the organization was formed in … English World dictionary
United Nations — For other uses, see United Nations (disambiguation). UN redirects here. For other uses, see UN (disambiguation). United Nations الأمم المتحدة 联合国 Organisation des Nations unies … Wikipedia
United Nations — 1. an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945. Abbr.: UN Cf. General… … Universalium
United Nations — Dieser Artikel behandelt die Vereinten Nationen. Weitere Bedeutungen der hierfür gebräuchlichen Abkürzungen UNO, UN und VN sind unter UNO (Begriffsklärung) bzw. UN (Begriffsklärung) und VN (Begriffsklärung) zu finden. In diesem Artikel oder… … Deutsch Wikipedia
United Nations — Organisation des Nations unies Pour les articles homonymes, voir ONU (homonymie). Organisation des Nations unies … Wikipédia en Français
United Nations — The United Nations is an international organization that was established at the end of World War II to, according to UN Charter Article 1, maintain international peace and security. Since it is an international organization made up of… … Historical Dictionary of the Kurds
United Nations — (UN) Israel was admitted to the UN as its 59th member on 11 May 1949. This event, in the words of Abba Eban (Israel s UN ambassador at the time), had a singularly important impact on the country s early development. As Eban put it, it created… … Historical Dictionary of Israel
