And keep in mind, Weisz is Jewish. Her parents fled interwar Austria to escape the Nazis. She's as good as anyone to narrate a video on the growth of the U.N., despite that institution's flaws.
At the Guardian UK, "How did the UN get so big, asks Rachel Weisz – video animation":
The United Nations began with 51 member states and an annual budget of $19m. Seventy years on the UN has 193 member nations and spends $40bn a year. Actor Rachel Weisz looks back at its history and asks: how did the UN get so big? And – as the UN marks its 70th birthday – has it stayed true to its founding principles of spreading human rights, social progress and upholding international justice?Also on YouTube, here.
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