United Nations as it is known today is the continuation of the League of Nation. Which was formed after the World War II. The League of Nations was formed by many countries, prominently USA and Britain after the World War II to shape up and organize the world after the devastation of countries after the war.

After World War II, many countries were going through different political and economical problems. Fighting was erupting between countries with different ideologies. The world was being divided between communism and capitalism. But the League of Nations did not have the support and wide mandate of the entire world to implement its policy. Moreover its role and objective was not clearly defined, so gradually and slowly it became a body in nature only.

In 1950 United States, Britain, USSR and France got together to form a new body, and named it United Nations. Its objective was to be a kind of referee in the world

As discussed previously, the UN was formed to avoid another World War and to contribute to international peace and security. In this respect the UN has

This was all "power politics" and did not earn the UN a good reputation. Moreover, during the Cold War era (before the break up of the Soviet Union) the United Nations was divided into two groups. The pro west or pro American or

made some contribution. There has not been a World War since the end of the Second World War in 1944. It came very close to it in 1963 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, but on the other hand the UN has not been able to fully implement its mandate in many major world conflicts. This is because of the super powers

and their allies' vested interests. There are still numerous problems and conflicts that are unsolved, like the Middle East, Kashmir, Iraq etc, where the UN has clearly failed. But it has some success also resolving problems such as occupation of Kuwait by Iraq and the Bosnia problem.

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