Nell Chennault Calloway, president of the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum in Louisiana, said the UN's birth in 1945 represented a promise that nations would sit as equals and pursue peace through dialogue.

Calloway, who is the granddaughter of General Claire Chennault, the founder of the famed Flying Tigers, a group of volunteer US pilots who fought side-by-side with the Chinese during the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45), added that sustaining the UN's promise requires long-term vision and cooperation over rivalry — a message that she said remains as urgent now as in 1945.