The Chasidic UN
The Chassidic UN was founded by the Rebbe on Simchas Torah 5731 as a counter-response to the UN session that was hostile to Am Yisroel.
Background of its Establishment
During Sukkos 5731, a conference of UN member state representatives was held spanning an entire week, exactly during the days of Sukkos (between the first days of Yom Tov and Shabbos Bereishis) where among other things, the UN's position regarding Yehuda, Shomron, and Gaza territories captured by the IDF in the Six Day War was discussed.
As a response to the conference decisions, already at the farbrengen on the second day of Sukkos, the Rebbe instructed (in essence) that as a response to the conference decisions, gatherings should be held from the side of kedusha, in order to influence the conference decisions. Since every Yid is a baal habayis in his place, at the Tzach gathering to be held during Chol HaMoed, the speakers would speak as baalei batim over the countries they came from, and at the end of the gathering decisions would be made by the baalei batim of the countries.
And so it was - the decisions that were accepted concerned Jews in Russia, concerning the coming of Moshiach, and other decisions.
On the night of Simchas Torah before hakafos, the Rebbe delivered a holy sicha whose content was that there is no reason to worry about the conference decisions since "He Who sits in heaven will laugh, Hashem will mock them" and therefore also their "rage" and "plotting" is "empty" (language of the posuk) and will accomplish nothing.
Following the sicha, the Rebbe called the baalei batim of the four major powers ("meine groiser fir") - England (Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov), United States (Rabbi Shmuel Levitin), France (Rabbi Yosef Goldberg) and Russia (Rabbi Yehuda Butershvili (Kulasher)) - and also the baal habayis over Eretz Yisroel (Rabbi Chaim Shalom Segal), to receive mashke to distribute to the crowd, saying there would be "LaYehudim haysa orah v'simcha v'sasson vikar" very soon.
After appointing baalei batim over the four powers, the Rebbe said that the order in the world is that after the arrival of the major powers, the smaller countries also come. And instructed that all the baalei batim over all the countries should say l'chaim.
After they said l'chaim, he said that the order is that after all countries arrive, the "chairman" raises a proposal for vote, and everyone votes on it, and when there is unanimous agreement, so shall it be. Therefore they would now decide that Am Yisroel is truth, that the Torah is truth, and that "Hashem Elokim Emes" and "Emes Havaya L'olam," and therefore the whole world must conduct itself according to Toras Emes.
After the vote the Rebbe said (in essence): Since the order in the world is that after the vote they go to a performance, therefore now they would have a performance and one of the baalei batim would do a 'kuleh', and indeed the baal habayis over England (Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov) immediately did a 'kuleh'.
After hakafos on Shemini Atzeres, at the seudah in the Frierdiker Rebbe's house, the Rebbe expressed (in essence) that this matter is not a joke, since if it were just a joke he would not have done it in the presence of Sifrei Torah.
The next day - on Shemini Atzeres before Mincha, the baalei batim of the four powers (England, United States, France and Russia) and the baal habayis over Eretz Yisroel approached the Rebbe and announced that by virtue of their position as baalei batim over the countries, they hereby appoint the Rebbe as baal habayis over the entire world.
President Shazar's Visit
During President Shazar's visit in 5733, the Rebbe told him: Here is the real UN - not in the glass room in Manhattan but here. Then the Rebbe pointed to Rabbi Sholom Eidelman, from the shluchim in Morocco who was present, saying he is our representative in Morocco...
Members of the Chassidic UN
Eretz HaKodesh - Rabbi Chaim Shalom Segal Russia - Rabbi Yehuda Butershvili (Kulasher) Finland and Baltic States - Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov, head of the Rebbe's secretariat Egypt - Rabbi Shmaryahu Gurary (since he visited Egypt together with the Frierdiker Rebbe), son-in-law of the Frierdiker Rebbe and director of Yeshivos Tomchei Tmimim United States - Rabbi Shmuel Levitin - head mashpia in the Central Tomchei Tmimim and from the elder Chabad chassidim France - Rabbi Yosef Goldberg - Rosh Yeshiva of Tomchei Tmimim Brunoy England - Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov - shadar in England Other European Countries - Rabbi Binyomin Eliyahu Gorodetzky, the Rebbe's representative in Europe Australia - Rabbi Abba Pliskin Brazil - Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Chitrik, previously served as shliach in Brazil Hungary - Rabbi Tzvi Meir Steinmetz Iraq - Rabbi Yitzchok Yadgar - the Rebbe's shliach to the Ta'anach settlements in Eretz HaKodesh Yemen - Rabbi Zecharya Guri - rav of Moshav Avital in Eretz HaKodesh Germany - Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchok Glick, the traveling shliach in Europe South Africa - Rabbi Yosef Weinberg, shadar who also visited South Africa Argentina - Rabbi Refael Tevel Canada - Rabbi Yitzchok Hendel Morocco - Rabbi Yehuda Leib Raskin - the Rebbe's shliach to Morocco Tunisia - Rabbi Refael Wilshansky - secretary of the European Lubavitch Office Mexico - Rabbi Shalom Shabbat Denmark - Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba - rav and member of Beis Din Tzedek Crown Heights Belgium - Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Silberstein Romania - Rabbi Zalman Abelsky - the Rebbe's shliach and Chief Rabbi of Moldova Poland - Rabbi Moshe Pinchas Katz - head gabbai at 770