#TBT: President Truman Joins The United Nations

 

     The United Nations was established in 1945, following World War II, with the aim of promoting international security, cooperation, assistance, and lawfulness. Now including every recognized sovereign state on Earth, President Harry Truman made the United States the first nation to ratify the agreement on August 8th. While the organization had little success during Truman's own presidency, it has since been used extensively to resolve conflicts and support democracy, and it is now the most powerful intergovernmental organization in the world.