United Nations Conference (V2)

The recent high-profile conferences on development issues, which have continued a series that began in the 1970s, have broken new ground in many areas: by involving Presidents, Prime Ministers and other heads of state - as pioneered at the 1990 World Summit for Children. | In fact, the world body was born when delegates from 50 nations met in San Francisco in April 1945 for the United Nations Conference on International Organization. | These events have put long-term, difficult problems like poverty and environmental degradation at the top of the global agenda. | These problems otherwise would not have the political urgency to grab front-page headlines and command the attention of world leaders. | Conferences have played a key role in guiding the work of the United Nations since its very inception.