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The role of united Germany in the framework of the UN has been considered in the paper. The Two-Plus-Four-Agreement would set the stage for new relationship between Germany and the United Nations. Multilateralism and integration would also become the cornerstones of the German foreign policy. Germany's UN policy is characteristic of a commitment to a broad range of UN areas of operation. Such areas include the UN peacekeeping, protection of human rights, sustainable development and humanitarian aid. During the 1990s Germany directly or indirectly participated in 24 UN missions. The author has noted that the German military took part in missions to provide transportation, supply and engineering works. Germany was initially unable to significantly participate in peacekeeping operations due to the constitutional limitations. It was not earlier than 1994 when the decision on legalization of the Bundeswehr participation in the military actions, which are carried out outside NATO borders under the UN mandate, was made during internal political debate. This decision laid the way for greater German involvement in the peacekeeping operations. Germany demanded to revise articles 53 and 107 of the UN Charter which concern "the enemy states" since they had lost their original relevance. As a result, they were abolished in 1995. The author has emphasized that Germany is interested in strengthening the UN and expressed its wish to obtain a permanent membership on the Security Council. Because of this, Germany was one of the initiators of the reform of the UN. The German version assumed representativeness improvement that could be achieved by increasing the number of permanent and semi-permanent (without veto) members of the Security Council. However, the reform process has been protracted for many years because there was no unanimous opinion on methods of its implementation. The author concludes that numerous peacekeeping missions, financing of humanitarian programs, even internal political changes have demonstrated the importance of the UN's activities for foreign policy of united Germany. The participation in development of reform of the UN and the claim for the permanent membership in the Security Council are the logical consequence of increasing the united Germany status in the world community. Germany has managed to rise from a «political dwarf» of the confrontation times to the leader of the postbipolar world, and its activities in the UN played a significant role in this. ; Статтю присвячено характеристиці ролі об'єднаної Німеччини у межах діяльності ООН. Розглянуто миротворчі місії, гуманітарну допомогу, пропозицію реформувати Раду Безпеки та проаналізовано їхній вплив на внутрішньополітичний розвиток Німеччини