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The UN has an agreement with all other nation states to not get in conflict with each other and to settle differences in meetings to prevent another world war. It also makes them stronger as a

The United Nations was to be a place where there was peace between the countries, a place where they can dispute their differences, a place to support each other and benefit from the allies a country made by being in the United Nations. It was “designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members” (Document B). Not long after it was founded, it started falling apart. People had different idea of how it should have been ran but the people who got their way was the bigger and stronger countries. They came to an agreement that the bigger countries—the United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, and China—would have veto power and the other countries that were a part of it would take smaller roles in the decisions

The United Nations was created in a time of uneasy peace between the nations of

The United Nations started on a steep downward trajectory from the high expectations that surrounded it at its birth. The global security organization envisaged in the Charter of the United Nations, based on a perpetuation of the victorious alliance against Nazi Germany, was stillborn because of the rapidly developing rift between the Soviet Union and its Western allies. The

The United Nations helps established peace and committing to maintain international peace and security. We at this point we're trying to develop friendly relations to among nations. We were very involved around the world making sure everything and everybody was at peace. As time went on we tried to allow the US to expand and get others to join our side. We created the Truman Doctrine. Which was asking for assistance from Greece and Turkey to forestall communist domination of the two nations. This then changed our policy to allow the United States to support free people who are resisting communist efforts to help resolve them. We had thought that if we were being involved it was going to better us. But that all changed and so did our policies on 9/11. We were attacked and so we converted military operations, new security legislation, efforts to block the financing of terrorism. We soon became involved in a different way we focused more on equality and adding people. We now pay close attention to what everyone is doing to help keep us safe. Which leads us to the next

The United Nations has not banished repression or poverty from the Earth, but it has advanced the cause of freedom and prosperity on every continent. The United Nations has not been all that we wished it would be, but it has been a force for good and a bulwark against evil.

The process of reforming the United Nations (UN) has been a highly debatable issue among the international community. Since the initial signing of the UN Charter in 1945, the world has changed dramatically as the UN is trying to regulate a forum that assesses and deals with global issues while also struggling to unite all 193 member states of the UN when some states have been seen to have conflicting ideas and personal agendas (Teng, 2003, pp. 2-3). This essay is targeted to highlight what I feel are the most pressing arguments for UN reform amongst the international community. This will be done by highlighting the problems and ongoing issues surrounding the lack of representation and P5 power of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),

The United Nations, like the League of Nations, was created to support peace and human rights. Also it’s establishment promoted peacekeeping and world wide stability. Although the creation of the U.N. was major, the Cold War between America and Russia tore relations with the two countries apart

Even though, the original thought for the United Nations was to be a guarantee for the World’s peace, their role in today’s world seems to have changed. It is hard to believe that their founders had today’s United Nations on mind when discussed their creation sixty years ago.

The United Nations was handed the sacred duty of, in its own words, “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” While the UN was able to prevent another great war, and to an extent other large regional wars, it has still not met its key tenet of saving generations from the scourge of war. I believe that the UN has failed to promote peace successfully in the world, and its job as facilitator of peace hasn’t been met when countless conflicts have continued all over the globe. I believe that the UN has failed to promote world peace because, it has failed to create a system where collective security is followed by member states, it has failed to create a formula where peacekeeping can work successfully and consistently, and has

The United Nations made a huge impact on World War II, and still has a positive impact on the world today. The United Nations helps prevent war, and keep peace in the world. The United Nations is a great example of how political globalization is a good thing. Another form of political globalization is military. The United States military is the strongest military in the world with the help of political globalization.

The League of Nations and the United Nations were both developed with the same intention to bring peace to the world through collaboration among member countries and the idea of combined security at international level. Today, the noticeable difference between both organizations is that the UN is currently up and running effectively while the League of Nations failed explicitly and came to an end in 1946. However, the motivation behind the development of the UN was the failure of the League of Nations. The UN was founded after World War II and the failure of the League of Nations has provided some valuable lessons over the years which have been deemed beneficial for the success of the UN. Therefore, in this essay I will discuss the causes of failure of the League of Nations and how it led to the creation of the United Nations in order to determine whether the United Nations should be held to the standard of League of Nations.

World War II was the largest and deadliest war in history. Some sources estimate the total number of casualties to be as high as eighty million people. With over thirty countries involved, the after effects of WWII were felt around the globe. Entire cities had been destroyed. The economies of Britain, France, Germany and Japan were left in shambles. Food shortages were critical and wide-spread. Large portions of Europe and Asia were left in ruins after years of fighting and bombing. Millions of people were homeless as new territorial borders were drawn. Of all the countries involved, only two survived the war economically sound, the United States and the Soviet Union. In an effort to prevent another world war from happening and “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war,” the United Nations was formed ("Charter of the United Nations"). It has been over seventy years since the United Nations took on the role of international peacekeepers and the world has experienced dramatic changes. However, today’s world is much different than it was in the postwar era of World War II and the United Nations has come under scrutiny for being biased and antiquated. In order to preserve and promote international peace and security, the United Nations should be reformed to reflect a more neutral role when addressing global issues by creating unity amongst its member.

While the UN has had many positive effects, such as those talked about in the paragraphs beforehand, it is hard to overlook the failings of the UN in a few past situations. These are situations that share a resemblance to circumstances in the present day. By taking a look at these past situations and by reviewing just how things went wrong, it is possible to hazard guesses as to what the UN will do in a few similar conflicts in the present day. Taking a look back at these situations could also help resolve current conflicts because, as stated famously by George Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". A prime example, to mirror current day events and which will be the first of a few case studies talked about, is the 1956 Hungarian Uprising.

“ 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.