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Russia
Russia had a communist government that generated fear in western Europe, Prior to that, the Russian royal family
(the Romanovs) was murdered and a country like that was not allowed to take its place in the League. -
League of Nations
The decline of the League of Nations in the 1930s reflected the unwillingness or inability of the nation including Britain, France, and the United States to oppose the increasingly nationalist-imperialist and militaristic trajectories of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and imperial Japan. -
Japan & League of Nations
Japan took over the Chinese territory of Manchuria. Later, the report annouced that Japan had legitimate grievances against the Chinese Government. However, the report condemned the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and refused to recognise Manchukuo as an independent state when the League adopted the report Japan resigned from the organization. -
"Appeasement"
During 1938, Britain and France tried a new policy - 'appeasement' (negotiating directly with Hitler). However, this failed in 1939 when Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia. -
Creation of the International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund was found during the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference. This was done in response to the Great Depression and World War II as a way to promote monetary cooperation, financial stability, and economic growth for all countries. It’s headquarters are located in Washington, D.C., USA. -
United Nations
While fighting the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II, United States President,
Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin met several
times between 1941 and 1945 to develop an international peacekeeping organization with the goal of
preventing future wars on the scale of World War II. During April, before the war was officially over, representatives from 50 countries met in San Francisco to create the charter. -
United Nations
The United Nations was officially formed when charter had been approved by China, France USSR, and UK and by a majority of other signatories. The day of its formation is now universally known as United Nations day. Moreover, the main purposes of United Nations are to uphold international peace, security, and to build a positive relation among all nations. -
International Monetary Fund
This is when the first 29 countries signed the Articles or Agreement. Moreover, the statutory purpose of this have remained the same as till today from the moment it was created in the year of 1944. -
IMF as a International trade organization
First off, the international monetary fund was cooperating with France as its borrower for approximetely 25 million dollars. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade--an international trade organization--is established. -
GATT
During 1947, countries began to trigger the trade liberlization. The way was to sign the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) located in Geneva, Switzerland. -
Charter of International Trade Organization
GATT remained as one of the only international program governing world trade after US congress rejects to sign the Charter of International Trade Organization. -
North & South Korea
North Korea invaded South Korea. The U.N. Security Council responded with a call to all nations to come to the aid of South Korea and repel the invasion. It was only succesful because the Soviet Union was boycotting the U.N. Security Council. -
Cambodian Genocide
The Cambodian Genocide began. In four years, 1.7 million people (21% of that country’s population) were killed. The United Nations made no attempt to stop it. -
Sardar Sarovar Dam
In 1979, The World Bank provided loans for the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river in India. This project was a development scheme to increase irrigation and produce hydroelectricity however, this project displaced more than 320,000 people and affected the livelihood of thousands of others. -
Evaluation Report
Referring to the World Bank's own evaluation process, 82 agricultural projects, 45% were considered unsatisfactory. The evaluation report, believed that found that projects in the Northeast of Brazil benefited 100,000 owner companies while excluding most of the targeted 3 million low-income families from credit and agricultural services, as well as from the design of projects. By then, there were many criticisms. Moreover, universally, it have been agreed such that the international monetary fu -
Trusteeship Council
The last colony transitioned was the Palau Islands which gained independence during 1994, making Trustee Council obsolete. -
World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization is established when trade ministers meet for the final time. -
World Summit
There was a world summit will be held at U.N. headquarters in New York for a “once-in-a-generation opportunity to be able to take decisions in the area of development, security, human rights and reform of the United Nations.” It was to promote democracy worldwide, protect human rights, end poverty, and meet the threat of global terrorism will be discussed. -
WTO
Trade ministers meet for the final time under GATT auspices at Marrakesh, Morocco to establish the World Trade Organization (WTO) and complete the Uruguay Round. -
WTO Director General
At least 30,000 protesters disrupt World Trade Orginization summit in Seattle, US, New Zealander Mike Moore becomes WTO director-general. -
Failure of the League of Nations
"Any war of threat of war is a matter of concern to the whole League and the League shall take action that may safe guard peace. So, any conflict between nations which ended in war and the victor of one over the other must be considered a League failure.
