What is the United Nations?

In this episode, the Round Room team explores the United Nations. Ever since its origins after World War II the UN has played a key role in numerous conflicts around the world. Despite this, a lot of the history of the UN and their previous operations are not well known. In this episode expect to dive into the good and bad of the UN and learn of its origins. This podcast is hosted by Monica Rivera Sosa and our new host Rocio Sola Pardo! We would love to thank our writers who put together the script for this episode: Iselin Bratz, Haley Clough, Hank Jones, and Melanie Pozo. We'd also love to thank our team of fact-checkers: Paloma Castrillo and Rocio Sola Pardo. And, of course, we'd love to thank our sound editor and designer, Avery Amaral. To keep up with podcast updates, please follow @theroundroompod on Instagram. Sources:  https://www.un.org/en/  https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-not-in-the-un  https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/united-nations-charter#:~:text=The%20United%20Nations%20was%20established,circumstances%20following%20World%20War%20I.  https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/role-peacekeeping-africa  https://www.dw.com/en/africa-un-peacekeepers-increasingly-unwelcome/a-66068581  https://www.dw.com/en/un-downsizes-peacekeepers-in-sudans-darfur/a-39493425  https://www.dw.com/en/mali-orders-un-peacekeeping-mission-to-leave/a-65945836  https://www.dw.com/en/why-un-peacekeeping-missions-have-failed-to-pacify-africas-hot-spots/a-57767805  https://www.dw.com/en/mali-orders-un-peacekeeping-mission-to-leave/a-65945836  https://www.voanews.com/a/un-security-council-agrees-to-early-withdrawal-of-peacekeepers-from-dr-congo-/7404213.html https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2016/9/10/the-un-has-failed-its-peacekeepers-in-s-sudan https://apnews.com/article/un-peacekeeping-75-anniversary-successes-failures-challenges-5a18ab63c9d54104c6863b71aed552cb https://www.google.com/url?q=https://peacekeeping.un.org/mission/past/onumozS.htm&sa=U&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwixzpGX_62EAxXUlokEHVBwDbcQFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3um6w4S887v7bast5s3KC0 https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/sa/sa_mar01chs01.html