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Competencies
C-2.1

• Critical thinking
• Information literacy
21st CENTURY SKILLS
• AIL
8 The United Nations

Warm Up

He is the Secretary General of the UN. Name him.

Formation of the UN

The death and destruction and sufferings of the First World War (1914–

1918) and the fear of another such war shook
the world with horror. Therefore, after the

First World War, the League of Nations
was formed to prevent war in the future.

After the Second World War, which lasted
six years, the United Nations was formed in

1945. Its Charter was signed by 50 nations

on 24 October 1945 in San Francisco (USA). UN Headquarters in New York City, USA

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