Whereas President Franklin Delano Roosevelt coined the phrase United Nations in January 1942; Whereas 50 countries met in San Francisco to draw up the Charter of the United Nations in 1945; Whereas, on June 26, 1945, the Charter of the United Nations was signed in San Francisco at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, and came into force on October 24, 1945; Whereas, June 26, 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations; Whereas, on September 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is the cornerstone for modern-day human rights and the world’s most translated document; Whereas, in September 1960, 17 newly independent countries, including 16 from Africa, joined the United Nations, marking the biggest increase in membership in any one year; Whereas the United Nations has greatly contributed to international peace and security; Whereas the United Nations has provided a forum for the achievement of international cooperation to address international economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems, including promoting cooperation on climate change, supporting human rights, and combating human trafficking; Whereas, since 1948, the United Nations has deployed 71 peacekeeping and observation missions in some of the world’s most complex regions and countries, including in Cambodia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Kosovo, Mozambique, Namibia, Tajikistan, and Timor-Leste; Whereas the United Nations peacekeeping missions have been charged with mandates to stabilize conflict zones after a cease-fire, assist in the implementation of comprehensive peace agreements, protect civilians from violence, facilitate delivery of humanitarian assistance to vulnerable communities, and the creation of stable governing institutions in fragile states