UNITED NATION ORGANISATION 1. The United Nations Organisation was formed on 24 Oct 1945 after the II World War. The main aim of this organization was to avoid III World War and to provide a platform for dialogues. It is an international organization which looks after rights‚ economic developments‚ social progress‚ disarmament and achieving world peace. 2. The world United Nations was given by Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt in 1942. The organization runs with six languages i.e
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Booklet: How Successful was the League of Nations? 1 What were the main aims of the League of Nations when it was set up in 1920? * To maintain peace. * To discourage aggression from any nation. * To encourage countries to co-operate‚ especially in trade. * To encourage nations to disarm. * To improve living and working conditions in all parts of the world. * To encourage international co-operation. * To encourage collective security. 2 What part did (i) the Council and (ii)
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What is a Nation? The concept of a nation refers to a socially constructed and politically organized grouping of a people‚ or ethnic group‚ within a self-governing physical boundary. Historically‚ the concept of a nation in its modern understanding has been distorted to further it from its original definition. Evidence of such distortion exists in our present society‚ and has continued through common conflation of definitions between a nation and other similar social groupings. This essay will attempt
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Since the 1900’s‚ the Japanese had been a rapidly growing nation. By the 1920’s‚ Japan was a major power. It had a strong army and navy‚ and had a flourishing industry that exported goods to China and the United States. It had a vast growing empire in the North Korean Peninsula and was one of the leading members of the League of Nations‚ claiming a permanent seat on the Council. Though in the 1920s‚ Japan had been badly hit by the Depression; their exports had fallen by 50% between the years of 1929
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How successful was the League of Nations? When World War One ended in 1917 most of Europe was left in destruction‚ crisis and confusion‚ which created the need for a conference to be held to sort out problems like punishing Germany‚ drawing new boarders‚ and preventing future wars. Three most powerful countries‚ the United States‚ United Kingdom and France‚ controlled the Peace Conference‚ which was held in Versailles in 1919. The president of the United States‚ Woodrow Wilson had his own agenda
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The League of Nations‚ established in 1921‚ was the brainchild of Thomas Woodrow Wilson‚ president of the United States during World War 1. The idea was conceived during the advent of the "Great War"‚ and aimed to stop war through working together‚ improve people’s lives‚ fight disease and slavery‚ help workers‚ and disarm the world. Although the League of Nations was successful in some of its endeavours to maintain world peace and harmony‚ the majority of their attempts at creating a new world order
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The Third-Estate: The Nation The French Revolution was a crucial battle that dealt with achieving equality and removing oppression of the common citizens. The unfair class system placed the clergy and nobility above the majority of French citizens. This majority was known as the Third Estate and varied greatly in socioeconomic status‚ consisting of members with lavish lifestyles as well as common peasants and laborers. Such status differences made it difficult for the Third Estate to gain any
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Assess the impact of the global economic crisis on the League of Nations. The League of Nations was created in January 10th 1920. It worked by the principle of collective security‚ in which all disputes threatening war would be submitted to the League and any member resorting to war would have broken the Covenant‚ and would face collective action by other members. However‚ permanent members such as Britain and France‚ had veto powers to reject decisions to safeguard their own national interests
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The League of Nations was an organisation designed to maintain peace throughout the World. It was created during the Paris Peace Conference. The League of Nations was the idea of Woodrow Wilson‚ the president of the USA. The League’s main aims were to bring together all nations in a parliament to discuss and settle disputes‚ to protect the independence of countries and safeguard their borders‚ to improve peoples living and working conditions‚ and to make war obsolete by persuading nations to disarm
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Why did the USA reject the League of Nations? The USA rejected the League of Nations because it was heavily linked to the treaty of Versailles which many Americans disagreed with‚ therefore this led the USA to reject joining the League of Nations because it was created to support the treaty of Versailles and to enforce its terms. The USA rejected it mainly because some were worried about the financial cost of joining. For example‚ many people feared that American money would be spent on keeping
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