United Nations Day

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United Nations Day
Flag of the United Nations
Official name	United Nations Day
Also called	U.N. Day
Observed by	United Nations
Type	United Nations organization
Celebrations	Meetings, discussions, exhibits, cultural performances
Date	24 October
Next time	24 October 2024 (2024-10-24)
Frequency	annual
Related to	World Development Information Day

United Nations Day is an annual commemorative day, reflecting the official creation of the United Nations on 24 October 1945. In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly declared 24 October, the anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, to "be devoted to making known to the people of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations and to gaining their support for" its work.^[1]

In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a further resolution (United Nations Resolution 2782) declaring that United Nations Day shall be an international observance or international holiday and recommended that it should be observed as a public holiday by United Nations member states.^[2]