davel comments on 80 years ago today, the inaugural session of the UN General Assembly reconvened (having initially started in London earlier in the year) in New York's Flushing Meadows

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Huh. My understanding is that the UN was originally based in San Francisco and then moved to NYC. The London angle is news to me.

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My understanding is that the UN was originally based in San Francisco

They weren't based there but the United Nations Conference on International Organization (where the UN Charter was drafted the year prior) was there.

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