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Post by Admin on Jan 14, 2015 11:58:06 GMT 3
Not only were there conferences to end WWII, there was also the formation of the United Nations.
Today you will be doing research into the UN. Please research and respond to the following questions:
1. Why was the UN formed and who were founding countries? 2. What is the purpose of the UN? Has it been successful? 3. Did this mean anything for US and USSR relations? 4. Briefly describe the structure of the UN and why is was structured the way it was.
Post due by the end of the period.
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Post by Jassim Alasfoor on Feb 4, 2015 9:57:01 GMT 3
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The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization established 24 October 1945, to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was created following the Second World War to prevent another such conflict. Members: Republic of China, France, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Argentina, Brazil, Belarus, Chile, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Haiti, Iran, Lebanon, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Iraq, Liberia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, South Africa, Uruguay, and Venezuela. 2. "The U.N. Charter was drawn up in San Francisco in 1945, and the U.N. has had its headquarters in New York City for more than 50 years on land donated to the U.N. by the Rockefeller family. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is credited with coining the term 'United Nations.'
The central purposes for which the U.N. was established -- to maintain international peace and security; to foster cooperation in solving international economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems; to promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms; to develop friendly relations among nations; and to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in attaining common goals -- are as important today as they were in the closing days of World War II..........yes the UN has been successful so far. 3. No it did not keen anything 4.
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