70 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–Corona Park. : anniversaries@reddthat.com

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there doesn't seem to be anything here

[–] 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 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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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