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The UN Charter was drafted at the San Francisco Conference of 50 countries

Representatives of 50 countries gathered at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, California, from 25 April to 26 June 1945. They drafted and signed the UN Charter, which created the United Nations. The UN officially began on 24 October 1945, when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and a majority of the other signatories.

Conference venue: San Francisco, California Countries at the conference: 50 UN officially began: 24 October 1945
Why it matters for exams: The UN's founding conference and the ratification rule are recurring history-of-organisations questions.
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4 October 2026 Source: United Nations

In plain words

UN Charter Charter of the United Nations — The founding treaty of the United Nations.

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