ABOUT THE
UNITED NATIONS -- HISTORY:
A sub-section of the official UN web-site.
HISTORY
OF THE UN: Information
and articles about the United Nations and its formation from the Global Policy
Forum.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED NATIONS -- WIKIPEDIA: A very brief introduction from the on-line encyclopedia.
UN MILLENNIUM SUMMIT:
A year 2000 BBC feature that assesses the organization's history and
contemporary dilemmas.
UNITED NATIONS: The
homepage for the international organization.
UNITED NATIONS: An overview from the British-based History Learning Site.
BBC
Radio 4, September 2003.
A four-part series in which Edward Stourton explores the role and possible
futures for the UN.
WHAT IS THE UN?: A concise
introduction from the Children's BBC Newsround.
DAG HARRARSKJOLD,
UN Secretary General, On The Need For International Reconciliation: A brief audio clip
from the History Channel's Speech Archive.
U THANT,
Acting UN Secretary-General, Accepts U.N. Leadership, November 3, 1961: A brief audio clip
from the History Channel's Speech Archive.