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Trump's hand in relocation of UN bodies from New York to Nairobi

United Nations Head Office in Geneva, Switzerland. [iStockphoto]

As an organisation committed to promoting peace and international order, the United Nations (UN), at 80 years, has lasted longer than any other previous attempts at global governance.These include the post-Napoleonic Concert of Europe and the post-Great War League of Nations.

In its initial stages, the UN owed its existence to two American power men from New York — Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Nelson A. Rockefeller. Over time, the UN went through systemic and manufactured hardships and trials.

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