Birth Of The United Nations ?

As the League of nations was a product of world war 1, so was the united nations product of world war 2. During the war period, the idea that a new, major international organisation would be needed to maintain peace and security in the post war world, gradually gained popularity among the allied powers.

The united Nations history Starts with the declaration made by president Roosevelt on january 6, 1941, to the congress of the United states. The four Freedoms declared in his speech as being of universal importance were:

Freedom of speech and expression;
Freedom of every person to worship God in his own way;
Freedom from want;

Freedom from fear.

These ideas formed the basis on which the United Nations was built. The united states had not initially entered World war 2 and had no thought of doing so in the immediate future.

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On the august 9, 1941, president Roosevelt asked the british prime minister Winston Cter signehurchill to draw up a joint declaration to guide their policies. The out come was the atlantic charter signed by the two leaders on august 12, 1941. The basis principles Put Forward in this were:

"Their Countries seek no aggrandizement, territorial or other.
They desire to see no territorial changes that do not accord with the freely expressed wishes of the people concerned.
They respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will leave; and they wish to see sovereign rights and self- government restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them.
They will endeavour to further the enjoyment by all states, of access on equal terms, to the trade and raw materials of the world which are needed for their economic prosperity
They strive to bring about the fullest collaboration possible between all nations in the economic field, with the object of securing for all, improved labour standards, economic advancements and social security
After the final destruction of Nazi tyranny they hope to see established a peace which will afford the assurance that all the men in all the lands live out their lives in freedom from fear and want.
Such a peace should enable all men to traverse the high seas and oceans without hindrance
They Believe that all the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons, must come to the abandonment of such nations is essential."

Four months later, the united states joined the war after japan attacked pearl Harbour. The term "United Nations" was coined by president Roosevelt. On january 1, 1942, the Declaration by the United nations was signed In washington by the representatives of twenty-six nations.

At the yalta conference of February 1945, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin dealt with the issues oaks. that had not been resolved at dumbarton As for colonial questions, the yalta conference agreed to a system of trusteeship limited to the following three categories:

Former mandates of the league of nations: these were former colonies of germany and turkey that had not yet gained independence.
Territories that the present colonial powers would voluntarily put under the supervision of the projected united nations trusteeship system.
Territories to be taken from germany and japan after world war 2.

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