In recent years, a new kind of anniversary has been added to the calendar-one that is international in origin and universal in observance. It honors-and is honored by-people of many different nations, faiths and philosophies, but its unique quality is that it emphasizes the common ties that unite them.
The event it commemorates is the coming into force of the UN charter on Oct. 24, 1945.
Believing that “the United Nations is an expression of…