Around the world1945
The United Nations
Fifty-one countries, Brazil among them, founded the UN to keep the peace after the war.
6 Sep 1946 – 23 Jun 2014
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6 Sep 1946
Born
23 Jun 2014
Dies, aged 67
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Around the world1945
Fifty-one countries, Brazil among them, founded the UN to keep the peace after the war.
Around the world · 1939–1945The Second World War. The deadliest war in history, from 1939 to 1945: some 70 million people died. Brazil sent 25,000 soldiers to fight in Italy.
Around the world · 1948The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The UN set down, for the first time, the rights every person has, whoever and wherever they are.