Delegates attend United Nations meetings to represent their countries. The delegates speak and vote on behalf of their country at the
UN General Assembly and other fora, such as the
UN Security Council, unless a higher-ranking politician is present. The delegates are chosen by their respective governments. As a result, they act in the best interests of the government they work for.
Background :
* International Delegate’s Day marks the anniversary of the first day of the San Francisco Conference, also known as the United Nations Conference on International Organization. On 25 April 1945, delegates from fifty countries came together for the first time in San Francisco.
* Coming together after the devastation of the second world war, their aim was to set up an organization that would restore world peace and impose rules on the post-war world order.
* 850 delegates took part in this conference, which lasted for two months.
* Two months after the first meeting, on
26 June 1945, the Charter of the United Nations was signed by representatives of the 50 countries that attended the conference..
Source : United Nations
