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The United Nations was established on October 29, 1945. The United Nations was formed right after World War 2. It was also formed for international assembly of Nations to bring world peace. The United Nations is the successor of the league of Nations, a kind of the same organizationformed after World War 1 that failed to stop another war. The United Nations was first outlined in the Dumbarton Oaks Proposal of 1944. In the Yalta confrence the biggest threes of those times ,United States,Soviet Union, and Great Britain

. They all sat together trying to solve promblems concerning the UN.

The United Nations was formed in six parts, they were: General Assembly which the legislative body of the UN were all nations are equal.

Economic Social Council- handles economic and social projects.

Security Council- which is responsible for international peace and security issues ,it has five permanent members (United States, Great Britain

, China , France ,and U.S.S.R).

Trusteeship Coucil- handles or supervises UN territories former colonies which have yet to become independent.

International Court of Justice- settles international disputes.

Secretariat- the administrative branch of the UN.

During the cold war the UN was the host to a bunch of conflicts between U.S.S.R and the United States . They used the General Assembly where all nations are equal. They used it by talking or arguing verbally attack on each other . At Dumbarton Oaks Confrence (Aug-Oct1944).

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