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The League of Nations
Introduction: The United Nations is an international organization of independent states to promote international peace and security. Its stated aims are furthering cooperation in many international things using many different departments. On the other hand the league of Nations was an inter governmental organization in 1920. It was a cause from the Treaty of Versailles. Its main aims were the rights of man, women different colored, soldiers and avoiding war, all through using diplomacy. In the following paper I will compare these two Global organizations.
Backgrounds:
The United Nation
The UN is an international organization founded in 1945. It was established after the Second World War to replace the league of nations. Its main purpose was for peace and security. The term United nation was brought from Franklin D. Roosevelt to describe the aliied countries. This term had actually taken place on January 1st 1942 when 26 government signed the Atlantic charter. Then on April, 25th 1945 50 countries had committed together and tried to develop better ways of
living safely through human rights and by also developing friendly relationships throughout different nations. And through this they had, signed the Charter which is the treaty that formed the united nations. It was first signed by 50 countries later on 51 on June 26th, 1945. in San Francisco . And because of this charter the UN has many rights to take actions in many different concerns world wide.
The league of nations:
The league of nations was formed after the end of World War I. Its main purpose was to simply ensure that there would be no more war. After the turbulence of the Treaty of Versailles many awaited for the league of nations to bring stability to this world. ( Versailles treaty was the peace settlement signed in 1918 after World War I in the shadow of the Russian revolution.) America on the other hand entered the war in
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