United Nations Arabic: منظمة الأمم المتحدة Chinese: 联合国组织 French: Organisation des Nations unies Russian: Организация Объединённых Наций Spanish: Organización de las Naciones Unidas Bengali: জাতিসংঘ Hindi: संयुक्त राष्ट्र Indonesian: Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa Malay: Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu Portuguese: Organização das Nações Unidas Swahili: Umoja wa Mataifa Turkish: Birleşmiş Milletler
Members of the United Nations (blue)
Headquarters	New York City (international territory)
Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish
Type	Intergovernmental organization
193 member states 2 observer states
Leaders
• Secretary‑General	António Guterres
• Deputy Secretary-General	Amina J. Mohammed
• General Assembly President	Volkan Bozkır
• Economic and Social Council President	Mona Juul
• Security Council President	Dang Dinh Quy
Establishment
• UN Charter signed	26 June 1945 (78 years ago) (1945-06-26)
• Charter entered into force	24 October 1945 (78 years ago) (1945-10-24)
Website UN.org UN.int

The United Nations (UN) is an organization between countries established on 24 October 1945 to promote international cooperation. It was founded to replace the League of Nations following World War II and to prevent another conflict. When it was founded, the UN had 51 members, but there are now 193. Most nations are members of the UN and send diplomats to the headquarters to hold meetings and make decisions about global issues.

The goals of the United Nations are:

• To keep world peace.
• To help countries get along.
• To alleviate poverty amongst its members
• To improve living conditions for people all over the world.
• To make the world a better place.