History

History of the United Nations The United Nations, is the successor of the **League of Nations**, an organization established at the outcome of the first World War. The principle role of the organization was to facilitate peaceful discussion and solutions for international disputes. Under it's Covenant (of the League of Nations), the organization promoted collective security and disarmament while considering themselves the ultimate arbitrator. The League was composed of an assembly, a parliament of represented nations. When a dispute arose, the assembly decided on the course of action; and to the aggressor(s), the League could utilize three sanctions: verbal (verbal warning), economic (embargo) and physical (attacking). However, the League did not have a military force nor mandate its constituents to provide troops. Even if the League required troops, the League could not of mustered a significant force. America, conquered by an isolationist trend, refused to join the organization that it had begun; Germany and Russia were barred from the League; Britain and France, the most powerful members, were economically drained and physically devastated. By the outbreak of World War II, it was obvious that the League could not continue to function under its weaknesses. It deteriorated by 1939.
 * The League of Nations: The Predecessor**

During World War II (1941), the America and Great Britain signed the **Inter-Allied Declaration**, an agreement "to work together, with other free peoples, both in war and peace", ideals reinforced by the **Atlantic Charter** months later. Twenty six Allied nations signed the **Declarations by United Nations** at Washington D.C., pledging their support to the Atlantic Charter. The "United Nations" was coined that day, but it did not come into existence until the end of the Second World War. War conferences at Moscow, Teheran, Dumbarton Oaks, Yalta, etc. throughout the war reaffirmed the resolve for an international peace keeper. On April 25, 1945, delegates of 50 nations met in San Francisco where a111-article charter was drafted and unanimously adopted on 25 June 1945. As a result of the cooperation, the United Nations came into existence on October 24, 1945 with a head council formed of its five permanent members -- United States, United Kingdom, Russia Federation, China, and France.
 * The United Nations: The New League of Nations**