事实上，凭借其创始《宪章》所赋予的权力，联合国在存在的这些年里一直努力通过不懈努力维护国际和平与安全和发展以及促进人权来促进世界福祉。联合国得以使世界团结起来，并在若干领域取得了巨大进展。特别是，联合国帮助消除了殖民主义和种族隔离（这些现在已是悲惨的记忆），并通过条约和为人类利益而制定的其它重要的法律文书，为在国际一级立法作出了贡献。
Indeed, by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by its founding Charter, the United Nations has worked throughout its years of existence to foster the well-being of the world through its tireless efforts to maintain international peace and security and development and to promote human rights. It has been able to unite the world and has achieved enormous progress in several areas. In particular, it has helped to eliminate colonialism and apartheid, which are now but tragic memories , and has also contributed to legislation at the international level, through treaties and other key legal instruments put in place for the good of humankind.