Basic Facts And The Creation Of The U.n

• United Nations: After World War II ended, nations joined in forming the United Nations. The organization’s purpose includes peacekeeping, fighting hunger and disease and promoting education.

Politically, the United States government did almost everything it could have done to make the world and the country a better place after World War Two. In order to prevent wars and make the world a safer place, the country wanted to establish an international organization that would help achieve this goal, similar to the Wilson’s proposed League of Nations, except this time, the organization had full support and funding of the United States. The organization was formed in 1945, and it was called the United Nations. Not only did the United Nations

By the end of the first world war, the international community founded the League of Nations, the first international security organization with the primary goal of maintaining world peace. The first world war saw drastic increases in mankind 's capacity to kill other human beings and cause insurmountable harm to human society and culture. The human condition was drastically different. With a new world war on the horizon, the international community had decided to band together to form a way in which it could help exercise the correct legal disposition and formality to positively influence the world. An international body was crucial after the first world war in order to maintain peace and order as the world picked up the pieces from their injustices. This was also true after the Second world war where the world saw, again, how the cruelties of humanity had to be prevented in order for the international body to prevent the forming of higher casualty rates and human suffering.

The United Nations was also then formed to promote international cooperation. It was a replacement for the League of Nations, which was ineffective.

The euphoria of victory was short lived and the events from 1945 to 1949 brought about a rapid, transformational change due to the human and economic devastation caused by World War II. Leading the post victory effort was the International Monetary Fund (IMF) along with the World Bank, formed in 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference, with the goal to regulate the international monetary and financial order after the conclusion of World War II. In 1945, President Harry S. Truman proposed a charter for the formation of an International Trade Organization (ITO). Although the ITO Charter never achieved ratification due to a lack of Congressional approval, the concept of an international trade organization would finally come to fruition in 1995 with the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The next transformation occurred in 1946 with the formation of the United Nations Security Council. The great powers that were the victors of World War II—Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, and the United States—serve as the body's five permanent members. Finally, in order to solidify military stabilization between the US and Europe and foster economic trade, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949. All of the above organizations formed in the hope that future generations would not have to define victory as complete human and economic

Since the end of the Cold War and the many failed attempts at peacekeeping, the United Nations has focused more on humanitarian efforts and defending human rights. After the Soviet Union fell, the mission of keeping peace between the

     Once the Cold War started, the United Nations had its hands full. The Soviet Union created the Cominform in order to get

was a respected organization. It played an important role in international negotiations, building diplomatic bridges and attempting to keep or broker peace during times of war and conflict.

It was meant to bring all the nations together when needed to work together on specific projects and problems.[6]

Such as self determination or the right for countries to govern themselves, end of countries conquering one another for new territories,reduction of trade restriction, freedom of oceans and taking away weapons from aggressive nations. 1942 on new years day at the Arcadian conference in Washington D.C twenty-six countries agreed to sign the declaration by the United Nations. The twenty-six countries led by the “ big four” the United States, Soviet Union, China and the United Kingdom joined forces to end totalitarianism known as the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority. The document stated that success over the Axis power was necessary to protect human rights everywhere and helped to turn World War II into the war of ideals. By the end of the war Twenty-one more countries agreed to the declarations even former friends of the axis powers showed a desire to sign the document but were unable to do

     After the tragedies of World War II, European leaders have made striving efforts to prevent such a catastrophic event from occurring on their continent again. The best solution seemed to be highly mechanized cooperation among the highest European powers to assure that future conflict, and perhaps war, could not arise between them. If all the states ran themselves in a manner cooperating with their neighbors, conflict could be avoided. To prevent other nations from not cooperating, treaties and institutions would have to be designed for each area of international interest such as trade, communications, security, and so forth. As the century progressed, more organizations, institutions and associations were

The authors go on to explain the concept of international organizations, and their importance in terms of international relations, from a historical perspective. As Yi-chong and Weller

“ Here is a task truly of, by and for the world, one that should rally nations. The nature of this task however, must be clearly understood; only then can suitable means for accomplishing it be formulated, only then can the role that the United Nations could and should play be appreciated” ( Wilcox/Haviland, 29). There are many international organizations that have been talked about throughout this semester. One of the most important ones is The United Nations. The United Nations was established October 24, 1945, and has since then been impacting the country. The United Nations main purpose according to the lecture notes is “ to provide a global additional structure through which states can sometimes settle conflicts with less reliance on the use of force , for whole purpose of the United Nations is to provide the globe a forum by which countries may settle disputes through this forum peacefully as opposed to relying on a force which has been the case historically” ( Kopalyan, Module 8). Thus meaning The United Nations was set up to handle problems peacefully rather than going to war to try and solve problems. “Powerful economic as well as political forces are at work to bring about a growing integration of the world community, and the United Nations and its related agencies are uniquely fitted to assist in the task” (Wilcox/Haviland,45). This was some of the reason that the United Nations was created.

1. To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and internal law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;

The first and least confrontational mechanism of the United Nations regime is the Treaty-based system, constituted by ten treaties on