"FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT"

Seventy-five years ago this week, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastated by atomic blasts. Both cities were levelled, causing untold death and destruction. Yet, long-standing international norms to stop a nuclear disaster are under threat. CTBTO

“This Universal Declaration of Human Rights may well become the international Magna Carta of all men everywhere.” Eleanor Roosevelt. FILE

Sixty-eight years ago nuclear bombs fell on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki causing untold death and destruction. This week’s anniversary is a powerful reminder of the horrors of nuclear weapons. (CTBTO)

It has been 60 years since the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948 – the date that is now observed annually as Human Rights Day. UN officials say today's human rights challenges are "as daunting" as those that confronted the Declaration's drafters in the 1940s. UNTV / MINUSTAH / MONUC / UNAMID / UNICEF / PAHO

The United Nations first meeting at a converted warehouse in Flushing, New York, and Franklin D. Roosevelt meeting with Winston Churchill aboard a British battleship are among the images at a 60th anniversary exhibit of rarely-seen photos of the UN's early years. UNTV

Documentary examining events leading to the creation of the United Nations.

Speeches and spectators at the dedication ceremony for a monument in memory of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Speeches and spectators at the dedication ceremony for a monument in memory of Eleanor Roosevelt.

The UN and World Disputes including edited film with English commentary and events from 1945 to 1952.