The United Nations and 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 1917, the entire country (in particular president
Woodrow Wilson) were scared by the slaughter that had taken place. And thought of that the
only way that this crucial issue doesn’t happen again was to great an international organization
that brings peace among all of the worlds nations. Therefore that would be the task of the
League of Nations. This great organization had 58 members. The league had deficiency in its
own armed force. It was greatly depend on the Great Powers to necessitate its resolutions,
arrange an army, keeping of economic endorsement, all this for their use. Endorsements could
also hurt the League members, so they were unwilling to adhere to them. "The League is very
well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out.”
Goals:
The
United
Nation:
“Time is short. We must seize this historic moment to act responsibly and decisively for the
common
good.”
The United Nations main purpose is to bring all nations of this world to work together for peace
and development. And this purpose is done trough justice, human dignity and the rights of all
people. This organization allows opportunities for nations to balance global connections and
national interest. Currently there are 192 member in the United Nations. All this members meet
in
the
General
Assembly
which
is
basically
the
World
Parliament.
Every country in this organization is treated egually it doesn’t matter how big or small, rich or
poor. Therefore every country has one single vote. The UN’s headquarters is in New York city.
But everywere the building of the United nation is international territory. It even has its own
flag, post office (postage stamps). There are six official languages used in this
organization(Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish). The European
headquarters in Palais des nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The United Nations also has offices
in Austira, Jordan, Thailand, Chile and Economic Commissions in Addis Ababa In Ethiopia.
The
League
of
Nation:
The League of Nations goal was to maintain peace and to not go to war. It also included
disarmament and to prevents all wars through having collective security. Their main criterion of
solving world issues and fulfilling their purpose was through diplomacy. Because United States
of America did not want to join and Germany was not allowed because of a punishment
(Versailles Treaty) and Russia wasn’t even seen because it is a communist state and the only
two countries left were Britain and France as leaders and they had gone under financial issues,
therefore
the
League
of
Nations
had
failed.
The
Impact
and
affect:
The
United
Nations:
The United Nations organization has showed great contributions in peace keeping and peace
building. But the question is whether the effects of the UN peace operations’ are they lasting?
As the organization itself can’t fight wars. Countires must have policies that help economic
growth and also have instistutions. The United Nation lacks self-sustaing economic growth that
could help in sustain a form of peace. This world can advantage from a change that involves the
using of economic reforms to fill in the gaps between peace and humanitarian assistance.
The
League
of
Nations:
As I have mentioned before throughout this research the League of Nations intention was to
bring peace among all nations. And to try to stop any upcoming of any wars. And due to lack of
many countries not joining the League of Nations had failed. But the greatest effects were
made to the United Nation. As the United Nation is basically the modernized version of this old
organization and it has taken many ideas from the League of Nations.
Weaknesses:
The
United
Nations:
The United Nations is a great an powerful organization. Although it brings all of pros to this
world, there are still a few negative points. One of the main points is non-proliferation which is
basically that the member states are not strengthening the UN non-pro mechanisms. Another
weakness would be the combating Terrorism which is their mechanism that they use are quiet
weak, Kofi Annan (president of the United Nation) has starts a couple of ways to help
strengthen them. Human rights mechanism have been held tightly by right violators and that
could also be classified as a great issue. The last issue/weakness would be public relations. They
need to strengthen their relationship with others which is always a weak spot for organizations.
The
League
of
Nations:
Alrhough rhe League of Nations was a great organization with many great intentions, it had still
failed due to many reasons. Some of those reasons/weakness is that the league had Military
forces, no army .So if any country had caused aproblem there was nothing this organization
could do. One of main powers for the league was set up by the Treaty of Versailles. Later on
many people criticized the treaty and went against it and that cause great weakness. Another
majorwas that most of the powerful countries didn’t’ join, due to many reasons. And one of the
biggest weaknesses was that the organization was a chaos as all the different parts never acted
as
one.
So
therefore
the
league
overall
didn’t
not
work
out.
Overall these two global organizations are extremely in different as stated the United Nation
was a great outcome of the previous League of Nations and it was definitely of greater effects.
Today the United Nations is one of the most adequate organizations worldwide, nevertheless
the League of Nations will never be forgotten as the first attempt of such an international
‘assembly’.
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