The United Nations (UN) is aninternational organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 MemberStates, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles containedin its founding Charter. Comprises many funds, programmes and specializedagencies; each of which have their own area of work, leadership and budget. TheUN coordinates its work with these separate UN system entities, which cooperatewith the Organization to help it achieve its goals. The UN has evolved over theyears to develop, assist and keep pace with a rapidly changing world. But onething has stayed the same: it remains the one place on Earth where all theworld’s nations can gather together, discuss common problems, and find sharedsolutions that benefit all of humanity. Since the UN's founding in 1945, themission and work of the Organization have been guided by the purposes andprinciples contained in its founding Charter, which has been amended threetimes. The United Nations Secretariat carries out the day-to-day work of the UNas mandated by the General Assembly and the Organization's other main organs.The Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, which has tens ofthousands of UN staff members working at duty stations all over the world. UN staffmembers are regularly recruited internationally and locally, and work in dutystations and on peacekeeping missions as UN diplomats. Since the founding ofthe United Nations, hundreds of brave men and women have given their lives toits service excellence. Join us today and change your global status to a UNdiplomat.