{"product_id":"march-30-1945-united-nations-information-office-press-release-pre-charter-list-of-allied-nations","title":"March 30, 1945 United Nations Information Office Press Release—Pre-Charter List of Allied Nations","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAn exceptionally early United Nations document issued while World War II was still being fought and before the permanent United Nations organization formally existed.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis original one-page press release was issued by the \u003cstrong\u003eUnited Nations Information Office, 610 Fifth Avenue, New York\u003c\/strong\u003e, on March 30, 1945. It lists the countries that had signed or adhered to the wartime \u003cstrong\u003eDeclaration by United Nations\u003c\/strong\u003e, the January 1942 agreement binding the Allied powers to employ their resources against the Axis and refrain from negotiating a separate peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForty-seven countries appear in the typed list. Three additional nations—\u003cstrong\u003eUkraine, White Russia (Belarus), and Argentina\u003c\/strong\u003e—have been added in period ink as numbers 48 through 50. The release also gives special recognition to \u003cstrong\u003eDenmark\u003c\/strong\u003e, explaining that although its king and government remained under occupation, the Danish minister in Washington had declared the adherence of free Danes to the Allied cause.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDated less than one month before the San Francisco Conference opened, this document captures the moment when the wartime Allied coalition was evolving into the permanent United Nations. At the time of its issuance, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was still alive, Germany had not surrendered, the UN Charter had not been signed, and the modern organization had not yet formally come into existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA scarce and historically revealing document concerning the origins of the United Nations and the closing weeks of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 1945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlace:\u003c\/strong\u003e New York City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssuer:\u003c\/strong\u003e United Nations Information Office\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e One-page typed press release on red letterhead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 8½ × 11 inches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original folds, creasing, marginal wear, small edge tears and age toning; entirely legible. Please examine the photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Documents LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52734331093274,"sku":null,"price":795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/IMG_2402.jpg?v=1787496909","url":"https:\/\/www.thearchiveauthority.com\/products\/march-30-1945-united-nations-information-office-press-release-pre-charter-list-of-allied-nations","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}