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Rise and fall of the League of Nations
The league of nations founded on January 16, 1920, was created to resolve world issues like the United Nations, but fell later on due to not being able to prevent World War Two, this was the original Idea that the United Nations was based on. -
Pledge by 26 countries to fight to defeat the Axis Powers was signed
Following the fall of the League of Nations after failing to stop World War 2, the idea of the United Nations was expanding, specially after President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the representatives of 26 other nations united and pledged to continue fighting together until the Axis Powers were defeated on January 1, 1942. -
The four countries agreed on the general purpose, structure, and function of a new world organization
"August 21–October 7, 1944, at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, a meeting of the diplomatic experts of the Big Three powers plus China (a group often designated the “Big Four”) held at Dumbarton Oaks, an estate in Washington, D.C. Although the four countries agreed on the general purpose, structure, and function of a new world organization" (Fomerand J., Cecelia M. Lynch K., 2017, p.1, para. 8) -
Most League of Nations mandates join the trusteeship system, except for one
"The Trusteeship Council was designed to supervise the government of trust territories and to lead them to self-government. The trusteeship system... In 1945 only 12 League of Nations mandates remained: Nauru, New Guinea, Ruanda-Urundi, Togoland and Cameroon, the Pacific Islands, Western Samoa, South West Africa, Tanganyika, and Palestine. All these mandates became trust territories except South West Africa, who refused to enter" (Fomerand J., Cecelia M. Lynch K., 2017, p.2, para. 15) -
The final Charter of the United Nations was made
"The Dumbarton Oaks proposals, with modifications from the Yalta Conference, formed the basis of negotiations at the United Nations Conference on International Organization (UNCIO), which convened in San Francisco on April 25, 1945, and produced the final Charter of the United Nations. The San Francisco conference was attended by representatives of 50 countries from all geographic areas of the world" (Fomerand J., Cecelia M. Lynch K., 2017, p.1, para. 9) -
Establishment of The United Nations
The United nations was established on October 24, 1945 after everyone of the initial 50 countries came up with and signed a charter, with the means of increasing international security, maintain peace worldwide, develop relationships between nations, to improve the lives of the poor, conquer hunger, disease, illiteracy, and encourage respect to each other’s rights. -
An extra 10 members are added to the United Nations council
"An amendment to the UN Charter in 1965 increased the council’s membership to 15, including the original five permanent members plus 10 nonpermanent members" (Fomerand J., Cecelia M. Lynch K., 2017, p.2, para. 6)
