is celebrated in new library exhibit
The 60-year history of the United Nations (U.N.) is celebrated in an exhibit at the Sterling Memorial Library that chronicles the development and change the world body has experienced since its founding.
The exhibit in the library's nave was organized by Sandy Peterson, the United Nations depository librarian, and Debbie Falvey, the United Nations library services assistant. It will be on display through April 30.
The name "United Nations," coined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was first used in the "Declaration by United Nations" of Jan. 1, 1942, during World War II, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers.
In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the U.N. charter. Those delegates deliberated on the basis of proposals worked out by representatives of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., in August-October 1944. The representatives of the 50 countries signed the charter on June 26, 1945. Poland, which was not represented at the conference, signed it later and became one of the original 51 member states.
The U.N. officially came into existence on Oct. 24, 1945, when China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and a majority of other signatories had ratified the charter. United Nations Day is celebrated on Oct. 24 each year.
The exhibit can be viewed during regular library hours: 8:30 a.m.-11:45 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. on Friday; 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. on Saturday; and 1-11:45 p.m. on Sunday. During spring break in March, the library has reduced hours. See www.library.yale.edu/hours for details.
The Government Documents and Information Center at Mudd Library, 38 Mansfield St., is the United Nations depository at Yale. It is open 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday and Wednesday; 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday.
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