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Signatories of the 1945 UN Charter in San Francisco
October 17th, 2016
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In one of the sessions to deliberate upon the 1945 UN Charter draft, Lord Halifax from Britain said, "This issue upon which we are about to vote is as important as any we shall ever vote in our lifetime." To say that the occasion was very important in the annals of history cannot be over stated. It was momentous and especially necessary after the losses and devastation World War II had caused in the world. The Charter was unanimously adopted on the 25th of June 1945 and was signed by the signatories the next day in the auditorium of the Veterans' Memorial Hall in San Francisco. The leaders of USSR (Stalin – at least he has one good deed to his name), United States (Franklin Roosevelt) and Britain (Winston Churchill) chaired the occasion. In attendance were 10 European states, 21 countries from the North, Central and South Americas, 7 countries from the Middle East, 5 from the British Commonwealth, 3 from Africa, and 2 from the Soviet Republic (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the USSR itself) and East Asia. The initial count of countries to affix their signatory on the document was 50, owing to Poland missing the gig due to protracted political appointment issues in the Country. However, they added their signature to the document two months later after the 26th of June initial bout of signatures. Taking the total sum of signatories on the document to 51 (Just making sure you could still do basic mathematics). Of course, the big boys played a prominent role in bringing all the countries together for the occasion, but also, the condition for the final adoption of the Charter required the ratification of the top ‘dawgs’ – China, France, United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union – and the majority of other signatories. Sentiments placed China as the first country to sign the 1945 UN Charter, with representatives of other countries lined up behind their representative, eagerly waiting to affix their signatures on the historic volume. The document became official on the 24th of October 1945 after the ratification by the top ‘dawgs’ – permanent members of the security council – and other countries. En passant, US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy would say: “More world leaders have been educated at the American University of Beirut than any other institution I can think of – even Harvard. There were more graduates of the American University of Beirut at the establishment of the United Nations than from any other institution.” Can you Identify the countries and names of the world leaders? Image courtesy of: http://www.un.org/en/sections/history-united-nations-charter/index.html |
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