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Book VI International Organizations, 23 The United Nations—I The Charter and its Operation

Ivor Roberts

From: Satow's Diplomatic Practice (6th Edition)

Edited By: Sir Ivor Roberts KCMG

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Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Published in print:
24 September 2009
ISBN:
9780199559275

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 22 September 2023

Subject(s):
UN Charter — Armed forces — Territory, non-self-governing
23.1 It would be idle to pretend that the UN is an uncontroversial body, though widespread ignorance of its workings contributes to this. Without some knowledge of its history it is particularly difficult to understand the UN’s present situation.1 Its principal predecessor, the League of Nations, established in 1919, had been notably unsuccessful, failing to have any significant impact on the events leading to the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. With the end of the Second World War and the formation of the United Nations, the League of Nations brought...
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