Intergovernmental Organization International Peace Security: The UN Has 4 Main Purposes

The
United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to

maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve
international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.[2] It is the
largest, most familiar, most internationally represented and most powerful intergovernmental
organization in the world.
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REASONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UN
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the

Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international
peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and
promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.
Due to its unique international character, and the powers vested in its founding Charter, the
Organization can take action on a wide range of issues, and provide a forum for its 193 Member
States to express their views, through the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic
and Social Council and other bodies and committees.
The work of the United Nations reaches every corner of the globe. Although best known for
peacekeeping, peacebuilding, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance, there are many
other ways the United Nations and its System (specialized agencies, funds and programmes)
affect our lives and make the world a better place. The Organization works on a broad range of
fundamental issues, from sustainable development, environment and refugees protection,
disaster relief, counter terrorism, disarmament and non-proliferation, to promoting democracy,
human rights, gender equality and the advancement of women, governance, economic and
social development and international health, clearing landmines, expanding food production, and
more, in order to achieve its goals and coordinate efforts for a safer world for this and future
generations.
The UN has 4 main purposes
 To keep peace throughout the world;

 To develop friendly relations among nations;
 To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger,
disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms;
 To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals
milestones in the formation of united nations
ATLANTIC CHARTER
The Atlantic Charter was a joint declaration issued during World War
II (1939-45) by the United States and Great Britain that set out a
vision for the postwar world. First announced on August 14, 1941, a
group of 26 Allied nations eventually pledged their support by
January 1942. Among its major points were a nation’s right to
choose its own government, the easing of trade restrictions and a
plea for postwar disarmament. The document is considered one of
the first key steps toward the establishment of the United Nations in
1945.
DECLARATION BY UNITED NATIONS

The Declaration by United Nations was the main treaty that formalized the Allies of World War
II and was signed by 47 national governments between 1942 and 1945. On New Year's Day
1942, during the Arcadia Conference, the Allied "Big Four" (the US, the UK, the USSR, and
China) signed a short document which later came to be known as the United Nations
Declaration, and the next day the representatives of 22 other nations added their signatures
Dumbarton Oaks Conference

The Dumbarton Oaks Conference or, more formally, the Washington Conversations on
International Peace and Security Organization was an international conference at which
proposals for the establishment of a "general international organization", which was to become
the United Nations, were formulated and negotiated. The conference was led by the Big Four –
the United States, the United Kingdom, the USSR and the Republic of China – with delegates
from other nations participating in the consideration and formulation of these principles.[1] It was
held at Dumbarton Oaks, in Washington, D.C., U.S., from August 21, 1944, to October 7, 1944.
SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE
San Francisco Conference, formally United Nations

Conference on International Organization, international
meeting (April 25–June 26, 1945) that established the United
Nations. The basic principles of a worldwide organization that
would embrace the political objectives of the Allies had been
proposed at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in 1944 and
reaffirmed at the Yalta Conference in early 1945.
The conference was attended by delegations from 46 nations—26 of
which had signed the 1942 Declaration of the United Nations, which
set forth the Allied aims in World War II—but the leading roles were
taken by the foreign ministers of the so-called Big Four nations:
U.S. Secretary of State Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr., Anthony
Eden of Great Britain, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov of
the U.S.S.R., and T.V. Soong of China.
BIRTH OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Four months after the San Francisco Conference ended, the United Nations officially
began, on 24 October 1945, when it came into existence after its Charter had been
ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and
by a majority of other signatories.
Now, more than 75 years later, the United Nations is still working to maintain
international peace and security, give humanitarian assistance to those in need,
protect human rights, and uphold international law.
OBJECTIVES OF UN
(1) To maintain international peace and security.
(2) To develop friendly relations among nations on the basis of

equality and the principle of self-determination.
(3) To foster worldwide cooperation in solving economic, social,

cultural and humanitarian problems.
(4) To promote human rights and fundamental freedom for the

people of the world.
(5) To serve as a centre where various nations can coordinate their

activities towards the attainment of the objectives of the United
Nations.
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The

United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to

REF HEADQUARTERS,FLAG ETC FROM BOOK

REASONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UN

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the

The UN has 4 main purposes

 To keep peace throughout the world;

milestones in the formation of united nations

DECLARATION BY UNITED NATIONS

Dumbarton Oaks Conference

SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE

San Francisco Conference, formally United Nations

(1) To maintain international peace and security.

(2) To develop friendly relations among nations on the basis of

(3) To foster worldwide cooperation in solving economic, social,

(4) To promote human rights and fundamental freedom for the

(5) To serve as a centre where various nations can coordinate their

ALSO REF ORGANS

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