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United Nations
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United Nations
An international organization consisting of a large majority of the nations in the world. Its mission is to promote peace, international development, human rights and global health. It formerly helped prepare colonies for independence. It was established in 1945 following the end of World War II.
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Dumbarton Oaks Conference First blueprint of the United Nations is prepared at a conference at a mansion known as Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.
From seeds to system: the United Nations Charter by Finkelstein, Lawrence S. / UN Chronicle
The revered UN Charter, recall, was drafted at the 1944 Dumbarton Oaks conference under the direction of one of our nation's most infamous traitors: Alger Hiss.
UN politics: a rigged game; current appeals to increase U.S. ... by Jasper, William F. / The New American
There began a series of scoops, like Reston's sensational publication in 1945 of the secret founding documents of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, which established the United Nations.
Beam me up, Scotty by Alter, Jonathan / Washington Monthly
 
 
 
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