The United Nations : An Organization

Another organisation which was also created, to prevent war, was the League of Nations. This consisted of a group of countries; the four most powerful countries that joined were Britain, France, Japan and Italy. Although the

• 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

The League of Nations was an organization created following the year after the concession of World War I in 1918. The purpose of this union was to maintain world stability and peace. The League of Nations was proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in his Fourteen Points and was considered relatively controversial. Congress had to vote upon whether the United States would join or not. Two of the Senators gave speeches, Senator Gilbert Hitchcock and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, advocating their parties’ views.

“Jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war. “— Winston Churchill, and that’s what the United Nations purpose is. The United Nations is an organization created after World War 2 on October 24, 1945. Throughout the years United Nations has grown there are currently with 193 countries involved. They provide security, aid and peace to many countries in the world.

Discuss some of the main events of World War II. How do these experiences rekindle the idea of establishing a world organization dedicated to world peace and international cooperation.

The United Nations is a vessel to keep the peace, they work to prevent conflicts, step in and help parties in conflict to make peace; peacekeeping; and creating the conditions to allow peace. The UN security council has the primary responsibility for the aforementioned. They are the division of the UN that is responsible for maintaining international peace and security. There are fifteen members and each member has one vote, and under the charter, all Member States are obligated to comply with the council’s decisions (The United Nations, n.d.). The United Nations along with the security council was formed in 1945, leaders of 50 nations met in San Francisco with representatives of non-government organizations. It took place at the end of the second world war to prevent that type of widespread destruction, they formed the United Nations.

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

Then on January 10, 1920 The League of Nations is established with the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, ending the hostilities of the first World War. Nine days later the United States Senate votes against joining the League.

While war was being waged, peace was being structured with the President personally directing the architecture of plans for the postwar world. (Heuvel). During World War 2 Roosevelt was pushing for the United Nations to be created to try and keep the world stable after the war. today the united nations is a huge part of politicas and help keep the world safe and a peace. After the collapse of the league of nations the world needed a unifying force to stop another major conflict like World War 2 from happening again. Roosevelt pushed and pushed for the creation of the United Nations. Finally on October 24, 1945 the United Nations was founded. Even though Roosevelt was not around to see the united nations come into existence he still played a huge part in its creation. originally the united nations had 51 participating nations in it. today the united nations has almost four times that number with a massive one hundred and ninety three participating nations making it the most powerful entity in history. the united nations has helped prevent wars from breaking out in various parts in the world and when incidents to arise the un is able to act in the manner it sees best fit to end the conflict before it escalates into a huge uncontrollable conflict. The United Nations played a necessary role in the reconstruction of europe after World War 2. as huge nations

At the beginning of 1919, during a session of The Paris Peace Conference, the creation of the League became an ‘integral part’ of a peace treaty; and finally, after innumerable negotiations, with the Treaty of Versailles, the 28 of June 1919, the League of Nations arise, with 41 members, holding their first meeting the 16 of January 1920 in Paris.

The United Nations received its name from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt when it was first used in the Declaration by United Nations on January 1, 1942. This speech was given during world war two when representatives from 26 nations pledged to continue the fight against the Axis powers. Countries originally established international organizations to cooperate on specific issues and concerns. “The International Telecommunication Union was founded in 1865 as the International Telegraph Union, and the Universal Postal Union was established in 1874. Both are now United Nations specialized agencies.” (unitednations.org) However long before the United Nations had formed, the foundation blocks were formed. According the history of the united nations on their website, “In 1899, the International Peace Conference was held in The Hague to elaborate instruments for settling crises peacefully, preventing wars and codifying rules of warfare. It adopted the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes and established the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which began work in 1902.” Before the United Nations had formed, there was the League of Nations. The League of Nations was the first United Nations. It was introduced in the Treaty of Versailles after the conclusion of World War One. However, the League of Nations was unsuccessful for three key reasons. The first reason the League of Nations was unsuccessful was because

League of Nations/January 10, 1920: The League of Nations being established January 10, 1920 was a result of the Paris peace act that ended World War I. After the approval of the League of Nations, President Wilson presented the Treaty of Versailles and the Covenant of the League of Nations to the U.S senate for ratification. Then unfortunately Wilson suffered from a severe stroke in Fall of that year which prevented him compromising with those in congress.

Woodrow Wilson, the United States President at the time, introduced the League of Nations. The Congress did not allow the United States to join. The League of Nations consisted of international organizations that were independent countries. These countries agreed to conserve peace, support cooperation, and to consult each other in the case of war. This was set to hopefully prevent another world war from starting another world war. Although this was set, no one was for the agreements made in the League of

“ 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.