A Short History of the UN - Law Teacher.
Another weakness that the League of Nations had was the lack of support from the founding fathers country; the United States. Though Woodrow Wilson came up with the the foundation of the League of Nations with his “Fourteen Points” speech, he refused to join the League of Nations as the United States was fulling its desire for isolation.The president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, came up with an original idea: The League of Nations- an international organization whose purpose was to satisfy the burning desire for peace within Europe and the entire globe. In this essay I will discuss, explain and emphasize how successful the league was in its first decade of existence.The international organization known as the United Nations was founded in 1945 after the already existent League of Nations failed to live up to its aims as it did not prevent the Second World War. In 1945 51 countries signed the UN’s charter to dedicate to maintain international peace and security. Today the United Nations have 192 members and many peacekeeping operations.
In 1946 the League voted to effect its own dissolution, whereupon much of its property and organization were. transferred to the United Nations which had resently been. founded. Never truly effective as a peace keeping. organization, the lasting importance of the League of. Nations lies in the fact that it provided the groundwork for. the.Too much pressure on the League of Nations. The first instance of the League’s passiveness is seen in early 1919, when the Italians took over the Fiume Port, which was previously granted to Yugoslavia by the Treaty of Versailles. The League of Nations did nothing despite the fact that it was their duty to prevent aggression and keep peace. In.
The League of Nations inaction is being repeated by the United Nations (UN). This can be seen from the recent Iraqi War. The United States had bypassed the UN and went on to invade Iraq with the reason that 'Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction which threatens the security of the world' without any solid evidence. The United Nations.
