History and Functions of the United Nations

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Winston Churchill first suggested using the name “United Nations” to refer to the wartime Allies. Churchill cited Byron’s use of the phrase “united nations” in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, which referred to the Allies at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. United States president Franklin Delano Roosevelt adopted the name and the first official use of the term occurred on January 1, 1942 with the Declaration by the United Nations. Learn how the United Nations was formed and how it functions.