The United Nations Organizations
(UNO) was founded after the First World War (1914-1981) the nations that
participated in the war having experienced the hardship, resolved in the peace
treaties which ended the war, to do something to forestall fortune out break of war. They
formed the League of Nations in 1999, with its headquarters in Geneva, with a
view of promoting international cooperation, peace and security. They believed
that the league could achieve these by settling disputes among member nations
instead of resorting to war. The inability of League of Nations to settle
disputes led to the break of the Second World War in 1939. When the war came to
an end in 1945, the
desire by some nations to still maintain world peace led to
the formation of the United Nations Organization (UNO), which replaced the
league of nation.
The draft of the U.N.O was prepared
under the auspices of four (4) nations of the United Kingdom, United States of
America, Soviet Union, and china at a conference held at the adumbration oaks
near Washington in 1944. A meeting of the representatives of 50 nations was
then called at san Francisco America from April 28 to June 26, 1945 where the
draft was discussed, modified and finally the meeting ended with the signing of
the Atlantic charter which gave birth to organization (U.N.O) Poland because
the 51st number in October when the organization formally came into force
Egypt, Ethiopia, Liberia and south Africa are four Africa countries that were
among the Signatories.
Membership of the United Nations
origination is open to all peace-loving nations. With the admission of Eritrea
in 1993 and the re-admission of South Africa in 1994. Membership of the
organization rose to 184 Nigeria was admitted into UNO as the 99th
member.
THE
PRINCIPLES ON WHICH THE U.N.O WAS FOUNDED
1. The organization is based on the
principle of the sovereign equality
2. Members are to fulfill their
obligation they have assumed under the charter in good faith
3. All member nations must settle
international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner as not to endanger
international peace and security.
4. All members are to retrain from
threat or use of force in their international relation in any manner
inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.
5. All members are pledged to give
every assistance to the U.N in any action it takes in accordance with the
charter and to refraining from giving assistance to any state against which the
organization is talking preventive or enforcement actions.
6. All member states must fulfill the
above mentioned aims and objectives in good faith
7. The organization is to ensure that
non–members of the U.N.O do not act in
any way that can be prejudicial to the
maintenance of international peace and
security and that they act in accordance with these principles.
The U.N shall not intervene in matters, which are
essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of member states except which it
is acting to enforce international peace and security.