On this day - 26 June

The United Nations Charter is a document detailing responsibilities that all members of the United Nations have to uphold relating to international peace, security and law, standards of living and human rights and freedoms amongst other things. The discussion to create the United Nations began during World War 2 when the allied forces decided a new international organisation would be established following the war.

On June 26th 1945, the charter was signed in San Francisco by 50 of the original 51 member countries. Poland signed the charter two months later as no representatives of their provisional government were present to sign in June.

Throughout the nineties, several wars known as the Yugoslav wars occurred. On June 27th 1991 the Ten-Day War, also known as the Slovenian War of Independence, began. It lasted until July 7th 1991. Of all the Yugoslav wars, it was one of the shortest with the fewest casualties sustained.

The war ended with the signing of the Brioni Accord which had favourable terms for Slovenia. The Yugoslav military was already fighting in Croatia and that war was of higher priority for the Yugoslav government.