After the devastations of the Second World War, and the devastations of the
             Holocaust, we realized our lack of action. The United States, Great Britain, the Soviet
             Union, and France came to a conclusion that a world peace organization needed to be
             established. However, there was an existing peace establishment before World War II:
             the League of Nations. This was set up due to World War I, under President Wilson. His
             proposal and creation of the League of Nations was not strong enough to prevent World
             War II. Therefore, something larger, something more collective, was now necessary in
             After World War II and as a result of the meeting of fifty nations in San
             Francisco, a charter for the United Nations was produced. Even though the purposes
             were vaguely proposed initially, they became clearly stated in four points: (1) to
             maintain world peace, (2) to promote justice, (3) to increase the world's general welfare,
             and (4) to establish human rights. Along with these purposes, the United Nations also
             established six major organizations to carry out its responsibilities.
             Each organization carried out different tasks, yet they worked collectively
             together under the United Nations organization. First of all, something was needed to
             simply prevent war. This was mainly the job of the Security Council, made up of the
             Big Five countries with permanent Security Council membership, and six other countries
             elected for two-year terms. These countries formed an international military force, in
             order to check any aggression around the world. All member nations are represented in
             the General Assembly, which recommends peaceful settlements in potentially violent
             disputes. The Economic and Social Council studies economic, social, cultural and
             health problems in the world and makes recommendations to specific countries or to the
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