Specific Purposes of the United Nations:
The specific purposes of the UN, as outlined in the Charter, are, to:
1. Maintain international peace and security.
2. Work towards improved relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self determination f peoples.
3. Co-operate in finding a solution for international social, economic, cultural and humanitarian problems and in advancing respect for human rights and basic freedoms.
4. Serve as a base for coordinating the actions of nations to attain in these common goals.
United Nations headquarters are located in New York, N.Y. between First Avenue and Roosevelt Drive !. 42nd Street and E. 48th Street. The General Assembly Building (opened in 1951), Conference and library buildings are interconnected. The Dag Hammarskoeld Library, built by a 6, 200,000 USD grant from the Ford Foundation, was dedicacated on November 16, 1961. it has room for 4,00,000 volumes. To build the headquartersthe U.S. Government advanced an interest free laon 6,500,000 USD which was payable in annual instalments. United Nations has a post office originating its own stamps.
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