Promoting Peace and Human Rights

75 years ago and just a few months after the end of the war in 1945, 50 states signed the Charter of the United Nations. Now comprising 193 countries, the international organization promotes peace and security in the world. To mark its 75th anniversary, the organization wants to listen to people’s aspirations and fears for the future.

Robert Bosch Stiftung | June 2020

“No more war!”

The world was in shambles at the end of World War II. Violence and oppression had destroyed countless lives and families, and had defined relations between countries for decades. Cities lay in ruins. Many people packed up their remaining belongings and set out to look for a new beginning – accompanied by traumatic experiences and the hope for “No more war!”

Hope took on concrete form just a few months after the end of the war in 1945, when 50 states signed the Charter of the United Nations. Now comprising 193 countries, the international organization promotes peace and security in the world. It protects human rights, provides humanitarian aid, and has given the international community a common agenda through the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Listen to people’s aspirations and fears for the future

To mark the UN's 75th anniversary, the organization conducts thousands of surveys of people worldwide, which are to be made accessible to as many people as possible – including young people, critics, and members of marginalized groups. “We want to listen to people’s aspirations and fears for the future, to listen to their ideas about how we can improve as the UN,” says Fabrizio Hochschild Drummond, UN Assistant-Secretary-General. Challenges such as climate change, migration, increasing inequality, and digital technologies that affect everyone’s lives will be placed center stage during the anniversary celebrations. The Robert Bosch Stiftung is a partner in the global campaign to mark the UN's 75th anniversary.