United Nations

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Etymology

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(international coalition): Ellipsis of United Nations Organization.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /juˌnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz/, /jʊ-/
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the United Nations

  1. (in the singular) An international coalition, founded in 1945 and headquartered in New York City, that aims to promote global co-operation and maintain international order.
  2. (in the plural, historical) The Allies of World War II; the countries fighting against the Axis Powers.
    • 1942 February 23, “Dutchman's Chance”, in TIME[3], archived from the original on 7 March 2008:
      Last week plump Admiral Helfrich was not at sea, but in the United Nations' well-guarded, teeming headquarters in interior Java. Under him, in the top sea command, was a U.S. naval officer whom Admiral Helfrich and all the Dutch had learned to admire: 55-year-old Vice Admiral William A. Glassford Jr. Admiral Glassford needed more cruisers, more destroyers, more submarines for the sea defense of Java. Admiral Helfrich needed men & munitions, but especially aircraft and airmen.
    • 1943 November 27, Information Service[4], volume XXII, number 39, New York, N.Y.:
      United Nations Plan Their Domestic Economies / All the United Nations are determined that out of this war shall come a finer and richer life for the average citizen, according to a survey of Postwar Plans of the United Nations by Lewis L. Lorwin which The Twentieth Century Fund (New York) issued this week.
    • 1944, “The United Nations”, Harold Jacob Rome (lyrics), Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (music) (SP record), performed by Paul Robeson and Keynote Orchestra And Chorus, N.Y., U.S.A.: Keynote Recordings, Inc., →OCLC, M 1200 B:
      United Nations on the march with flags unfurled
      Together fight for victory, a free new world
    • 1945 April 20, [John Gilbert] Winant, “The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State”, in Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1945, volume III (European Advisory Commission; Austria; Germany), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, published 1968, page 234:
      Norway feels that imposition of terms “in the interests” of the United Nations other than the principal three powers leaves doubt regarding position of other United Nations towards Germany and may be source of juridical and political conflicts. [Trygve] Lie feels terms should state that in principle all United Nations are entitled to same rights towards Germany. Allies who have made valuable contribution to common victory should take part in notifying terms of surrender to the Germans.

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