June 26 1945

The Charter of the United Nations was signed in San Francisco, California, USA by the representatives of some 50 countries.

See : http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/.

Probably not the most efficient or successful of organisations, but try to imagine what a hell hole the world might have been without it.

Zoals we het in het Vlaams zo mooi en bondig kunnen zeggen : een geschiedenis van vallen en opstaan.