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The United Nations ( UN ) is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co - operation . A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations , the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict . At its founding , the UN had 51 member states ; there are now 193 . The headquarters of the United Nations is in Manhattan , New York City , and experiences extraterritoriality . Further main offices are situated in Geneva , Nairobi , and Vienna . The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states . Its objectives ___MASK58___ maintaining international peace and security , promoting human rights , fostering social and economic development , protecting the environment , and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine , natural disaster , and armed conflict . Human rights are moral principles or norms , which describe certain standards of human behaviour , and are regularly protected as legal rights in municipal and international law . They are commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights " to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being ," and which are " inherent in all human beings " regardless of their nation , location , language , religion , ethnic origin or any other status . They are applicable everywhere and at every time in the sense of being universal , and they are egalitarian in the sense of being the same for everyone . They require empathy and the rule of law and impose an obligation on persons to respect the human rights of others . They should not be taken away except as a result of due process based on specific circumstances ; for example , human rights may ___MASK58___ freedom from unlawful imprisonment , torture , and execution . ___MASK39___ ( his own pronunciation , or ; January 30 , 1882  April 12 , 1945 ), commonly known as FDR , was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945 . Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ( October 11 , 1884  November 7 , 1962 ) was an American politician , diplomat , and activist . She was the longest - serving First Lady of the United States , having held the post from March 1933 to April 1945 during her husband President Franklin D . Roosevelt ' s four terms in office , and served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952 . President Harry S . Truman later called her the " First Lady of the World " in tribute to her human rights achievements . Harry S . Truman ( May 8 , 1884December 26 , 1972 ) was an American politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States ( 1945  53 ), coming to office on the death of Franklin D . Roosevelt in the last months of World War II . He is known for launching the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe , for leading the Cold War against Soviet communism through the Truman Doctrine and NATO , and intervening in the Korean War . In domestic affairs , he was a moderate Democrat whose liberal proposals were a continuation of Franklin Roosevelt ' s New Deal , but the Conservative - dominated Congress blocked most of them . He holds the record for vetoes at 180 , and saw 12 overridden by Congress ; ___MASK4___ later tied that record . He used presidential authority to mandate equal treatment for blacks in the military and put civil rights on the national political agenda . The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States , located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington , D . C . It has been the residence of every U . S . president since ___MASK30___ in 1800 . The term " White House " is often used to refer to actions of the president and his advisers , as in " The White House announced that ...". ___MASK30___ ( October 30 [ O . S . October 19 ] 1735  July 4 , 1826 ) was an American patriot who served as the second President of the United States ( 1797  1801 ) and the first Vice President ( 1789  97 ). He was a lawyer , diplomat , statesman , political theorist , and , as a Founding Father , a leader of the movement for American independence from Great Britain . He was also a dedicated diarist and correspondent , particularly with his wife and closest advisor Abigail . Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger Halsted ( May 3 , 1906 -- December 1 , 1975 ) was an American writer who worked as a newspaper editor , and in public relations . She was the daughter of the U . S . President Franklin D . Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt , and assisted him in social and administrative duties at the White House . She wrote two children ' s books published in the 1930s . With her second husband Clarence John Boettiger , she worked at the Seattle Post - Intelligencer , serving as editor of the women ' s pages for several years . She later worked in public relations for universities . Beginning in 1963 , she was appointed to presidential commissions by John F . Kennedy , serving on the Citizen ' s Advisory Council on the Status of Women for several years , and as vice - chairman of the President ' s Commission for the Observance of Human Rights .