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Some Major Bodies of the UN The World before vs. after the Formation of the United Nations

The Food and Agriculture Organization The World before the United Nations

(FAO) Before the UN, a lot of treaties were initiated to ensure peace in the world and to avoid wars. However,

Established in October 1945 to organize the none of the treaties and international organizations could stop the outbreak of World War I.

e orts to defeat hunger, the FAO was
After World War I, the League of Nations was formed in the hope of preventing the start of another war;
initiated in a meeting that was arranged by
however, it failed when it did not stop Japan from invading Manchuria in 1931 and when it did not have
the United States’ president Franklin D.
any e ect on World War II.
Roosevelt in 1943.
The World after the United Nations Was Formed
The FAO is considered a neutral
In 1941, the US president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, proposed the formation of a council to ensure world
organization, which helps both developing
peace, named the Four Policemen, consisting of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet
and developed countries and provides them
Union, and China.
with knowledge and resources to help
Many meetings took place after the o cial formation of the United Nations in 1945, attended by the
improve their agriculture and nutrition.
The headquarters of the FAO in Rome, Italy member nations, and penalties and courts were held for countries or governments that violated world
Today, the FAO consists of 197 members,
peace.
and its headquarters is in Rome, Italy.

The United Nations Educational, Scienti c

and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Non-Violence sculpture at the United Nations headquarters in New York

UNESCO was established in November 1945

by the United Nations. It seeks to build

peace through dialogue and mutual

understanding and promote development

in education, sciences, culture, and
communication. Its headquarters is in Paris,

France.

The headquarters of UNESCO in Paris, France
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