What Does the United Nations Do? - US 101 @US101
What Does the United Nations Do? - US 101 @US101
Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Most people know of the United Nations but do you know what they actually do or how it got its start?

This week, we'll look at the history of the UN and its role in the world. We'll learn about how the FDR and Winston Churchill meeting on a boat led to its creation, the different parts of the UN and their responsibilities, and why certain nations have more power than others when it comes to making decisions.

Read more about the United Nations:
un.org/en/sections/history/history-united-nations
un.org/en/sections/what-we-do
un.org/en/sections/about-un/main-organs

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