<P> The text of the `` Declaration of United Nations '' was drafted by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt , British Prime Minister Winston Churchill , and Roosevelt aide Harry Hopkins , while meeting at the White House on 29 December 1941 . It incorporated Soviet suggestions , but left no role for France . The first official use of the term `` United Nations '' was on 1 -- 2 January 1942 when 26 Governments signed the Declaration . One major change from the Atlantic Charter was the addition of a provision for religious freedom , which Stalin approved after Roosevelt insisted . By early 1945 it had been signed by 21 more states . </P>
<P> The text of the `` Declaration of United Nations '' was drafted by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt , British Prime Minister Winston Churchill , and Roosevelt aide Harry Hopkins , while meeting at the White House on 29 December 1941 . It incorporated Soviet suggestions , but left no role for France . The first official use of the term `` United Nations '' was on 1 -- 2 January 1942 when 26 Governments signed the Declaration . One major change from the Atlantic Charter was the addition of a provision for religious freedom , which Stalin approved after Roosevelt insisted . By early 1945 it had been signed by 21 more states . </P>
who was the us president when the united nations was formed
who was the us president when the united nations was formed
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt