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 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.