What City housed the United Nations before New York City?

0:03 Caalarogus Shark Media Greeting's global citizens. I'm journey Joe Mitchell, and welcome to a worldwide edition of five daily trivia questions. Today marks United Nations Day, celebrating the anniversary of the UN Charter taking effect in nineteen forty five. Let's explore some fascinating facts about this international organization. Question one, in what city was the United Nations Charter signed before New York became its permanent headquarters? Question two? How many official languages does the UN recognize for its proceedings? Question three?

0:43 What famous Norman Rockwell painting was inspired by the UN and features people of all races saying what word? Question four? Which country has used its Security Council veto power the most time since the UN's founding? Question five? What famous building was donated to the UN by John D. Rockefeller Junior to establish its headquarters in New York. Time to assemble our diplomatic knowledge, Let's reveal our global answers. Question one asked in what city was the United Nations Charter signed before New York became its permanent headquarters? Answer? San Francisco.

1:27 Fun fact, the Charter was signed at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center by fifty Nations on June twenty sixth, nineteen forty five. Question two asked how many official languages does the UN recognize for its proceedings. Answer six Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. Fun fact. While there are six official languages, most UN staff members use English or French in their daily work. Question three asked what famous Norman Rockwell painting was inspired by the UN and features people of all races saying what word answer the Golden Rule, do unto others? Fun fact. The nineteen sixty one painting hangs in the UN headquarters and shows people of different religions and ethnicities with the words do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

2:14 Question four asked which country has used its Security Council veto power the most time since the UN's founding. Answer Russia, Soviet Union. Fun fact. The veto power belongs to the five permanent Security Council members China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Question five asked what famous building was donated to the UN by John D. Rockefeller Junior to establish its headquarters. In New York answer the current UN headquarter site, formerly slaughter houses. Fun fact, Rockefeller donated eight point five million dollars to purchase the land along the East River, which was then an area of slaughterhouses and industrial buildings. That concludes our diplomatic journey through UN history. As Secretary General Doug Hammerskuld once said, the UN was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell. This is journey. Joe Mitchell signing off until tomorrow. Keep your curiosity as international as the UN itself, and remember, in the world of trivia, every answer contributes to global knowledge.