United Nations
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INTRODUCTION
The United Nations (UN) is an INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION established on 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective LEAGUE OF NATIONS, the organization was created following the ECOND WORLD WAR to prevent another such conflict. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193. The UN Headquarters is situated in MANHATTAN, New York City and enjoys extraterritoriality. Further main offices are situated in Geneva, Nairobi and Vienna. The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states. Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security, promoting human rights, fostering social and economic development, protecting the environment, and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine, natural disaster, and armed conflict.
HISTORY
BACKGROUND AND CREATION
In the century prior to the UN's creation, several international treaty organizations and conferences had been formed to regulate conflicts between nations, such as the INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF RED CROSS and the HAGUE CONVENTIONS OF 1899 and 1907.Following the catastrophic loss of life in the First World War, the PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE established the League of Nations to maintain harmony between countries.This organization resolved some territorial disputes and created international structures for areas such as postal mail, aviation, and opium control, some of which would later be absorbed into the UN.However, the League lacked representation for colonial peoples (then half the world's population) and significant participation from several major powers, including the US, USSR, Germany, and Japan; it failed
INTRODUCTION
The United Nations (UN) is an INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION established on 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective LEAGUE OF NATIONS, the organization was created following the ECOND WORLD WAR to prevent another such conflict. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193. The UN Headquarters is situated in MANHATTAN, New York City and enjoys extraterritoriality. Further main offices are situated in Geneva, Nairobi and Vienna. The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states. Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security, promoting human rights, fostering social and economic development, protecting the environment, and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine, natural disaster, and armed conflict.
HISTORY
BACKGROUND AND CREATION
In the century prior to the UN's creation, several international treaty organizations and conferences had been formed to regulate conflicts between nations, such as the INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF RED CROSS and the HAGUE CONVENTIONS OF 1899 and 1907.Following the catastrophic loss of life in the First World War, the PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE established the League of Nations to maintain harmony between countries.This organization resolved some territorial disputes and created international structures for areas such as postal mail, aviation, and opium control, some of which would later be absorbed into the UN.However, the League lacked representation for colonial peoples (then half the world's population) and significant participation from several major powers, including the US, USSR, Germany, and Japan; it failed