International Delegates' Day

International Delegates' Day is celebrated concurrently with the date of the first day of the San Francisco Conference, also known as the United Nations Conference on International Organization. On April 25, 1945, representatives of 50 nations met for the first time in San Francisco with the goal of founding an organization that would restore world peace and establish rules for world order after the devastation of World War II.

850 delegates participated in this two-month conference representing 80% of the world's population, from every race, religion and continent, and they are fully committed to creating an organization that maintains peace and helps build a better world.

On June 26, 1945, the United Nations Charter was signed by representatives of the fifty states that attended the conference. The agreement resulted in the creation of the United Nations, an organization now comprising 193 Member States and serving as a major international venue for collective dialogue among delegates of its Member States. During the conference no Polish government was officially recognized, but the government was announced on June 28 and Poland signed the charter to become one of the original Member States, thus bringing the number of founding member states to be 51.

General Assembly resolution 73/286 of  April 2, 2019 emphasized the importance of the achievements of the San Francisco Conference, and decided to designate April 25, as International Delegates Day.