Peace keeping
Social and economic programs
Contemporary social conditions
The United Nations was created to prevent war and to fight against hunger, disease, and ignorance.
How successful has the United Nations been in achieving its goals?
The United Nations
United Nations Documents Mount Holyoke
United Nations Documents University of Minnesota
Cold War Primary Sources recommended site of NY State Standards
United Nations Charter, 1945
Human Rights: Universal Ideals or a Western Impositions?
The Laws of War The Hague Conventions, Geneva Conventions, and Pacific Protocol.
International Human Rights Instruments Texts of all major treaties, agreements, etc. since 1945, in English. Many also in French and Spanish.
The Helsinki Accords, 1975
Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights, 199?
Nelson Mandela: Address on Human Rights, 1991
Elie Wiesel: Dedication of Holocaust Museum, 1993