“In the face of a global catastrophe more than 80 years ago,” Guterres said, “the United Nations was created as an act of defiance. The defiance against the self-defeating notion that might makes right. The defiance of hope.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p…
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 22, 2026
In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S.