Short answers, pulled from the story.
The United Nations Charter was signed on the 26th of June 1945 by representatives of fifty nations in San Francisco. This document officially established the organization to maintain international peace and security after World War II.
China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States hold these permanent seats with veto power over resolutions. Fifteen states serve on this council including ten non-permanent members who serve two-year terms elected by the General Assembly.
The largest mission currently operates in South Sudan with close to nineteen thousand uniformed personnel. The smallest operation monitors a ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir using just one hundred thirteen civilians.
Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the committee that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the General Assembly in 1948. This document proclaimed basic civil political and economic rights common to all human beings without distinction.
Total expenses reached sixty-seven point four billion dollars in 2022 across forty-three United Nations entities. Peacekeeping operations cost six point three eight billion dollars during the 2021, 2022 fiscal year supporting sixty-six thousand eight hundred thirty-nine personnel.