Source B A plaque commemorating the first meeting of the United Nations on 10 January 1946 outside the Methodist Central Hall in London
On 10 January 1946 the first General Assembly of the United Nations met at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London. The Allied powers fighting in the Second World War were determined to create a new international body to try to secure future peace. The United Nations emerged out of these negotiations. In 1946 it consisted of 51 nations led by a Security Council of five permanent members (France, Britain, the Soviet Union, China and the USA) and ten temporary member states elected on 2-year terms. The United Nations now has 193 member states.
Extract from Modern World History by Norman Lowe (published 2005):
Your organisation does not have access to this article.
Sign up today to give your students the edge they need to achieve their best grades with subject expertise
Subscribe
