“The U.N. is vital to America’s efforts to create a better, safer world,” said President Obama in his proclamation of United Nations Day on 24 October. “As expressed in the founding values of the United Nations, we share a common security and are unified by our common humanity. This truth calls us to work cooperatively with nations from around the globe in the pursuit of peace, economic prosperity, and human opportunity.”

Learn more:

• UN at a glance
• The US and UN: advancing opportunities
• US multilateral engagement: benefits to American citizens
• US Mission to the UN
• UN info center for Australia, NZ & the South Pacific