The United Nations Charter was signed by 51 original members of the United Nations in 1945 at the
- (a)Hague Conference
- (b)London Conference
- (c)San Francisco Conference
- (d)Berlin Conference
Correct — C, San Francisco Conference. The Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 June 1945 at the United Nations Conference on International Organization held in San Francisco, USA, by the 51 founding member states. It came into force on 24 October 1945, now observed as United Nations Day.
- (a)Hague Conference — The Hague Conferences (1899, 1907) produced early laws of war and set up the Permanent Court of Arbitration — long before, and unrelated to, the UN Charter.
- (b)London Conference — No founding Charter was signed at a 'London Conference'. The Charter was drafted and signed at San Francisco; London only hosted the first UN General Assembly session in January 1946, after the Charter.
- (d)Berlin Conference — The Berlin Conference (1884-85) partitioned Africa among European powers and has nothing to do with the United Nations.
The United Nations was created after the Second World War to maintain international peace and security. Its founding treaty, the UN Charter, was negotiated at the San Francisco Conference (April-June 1945) and signed by 51 original members. The Charter establishes the six principal organs — the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice and Secretariat.
Separate the founding place (San Francisco, where the Charter was signed) from the first General Assembly session (London, January 1946). The other options name unrelated 19th and early-20th century conferences.
- The UN Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 at San Francisco by 51 original members.
- It entered into force on 24 October 1945, celebrated as United Nations Day.
- India was among the 51 original signatories of the Charter.
- The UN replaced the League of Nations, which had failed to prevent the Second World War.
- Confusing the San Francisco signing (1945) with the first UN General Assembly in London (1946).
- Mixing up the UN Charter with the Hague or Berlin conferences of an earlier era.
Asked as 'where and when was the UN Charter signed', or on the number of original members (51) and the founding organs.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Charter of the United Nations came into force on
- (a)26 June 1945
- (b)24 October 1945
- (c)15 August 1947
- (d)10 December 1948
Answer(b) 24 October 1945 — observed every year as United Nations Day.
- practice — not a real PYQ
How many countries were the original founding members of the United Nations?
- (a)45
- (b)50
- (c)51
- (d)60
Answer(c) 51 — the original members who joined at the founding in 1945.