United Nations Day

The United Nations (UN) officially came into existence on October 24 1945, when the United Nations Charter on International Organization was ratified by the member-countries – China, the Soviet Union, the United States of America, Great Britain and France. The main purpose of the Organization was to oppose aggression, to establish friendship between the nations and to maintain peace and security on Earth. Bulgaria became a full-right member of UN on 14 December 1955, together with Albania, Hungary, Romania, Austria, Jordan, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Cambodia, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Finland and Ceylon. Our country was involved actively in a serious of peace operations of UN – 1992-1993 – in Cambodia; 1995-1999 – in Angola; 1995-2000 – in Tadjikistan; 2000-2004 – in Ethiopia/Eriteria; since 1997 – in Bosnia and Herzigovina; since 2000 – in Kosovo; since 2000 – in Afghanistan; since 2004 – in Liberia.