The History
The United Nations was formed after World War II, in 1945, and
to replace the ineffective League of Nations that was established after the
First World War. The main difference between the two is that the U.N. has the
power to deploy its member’s troops, but only as peace keepers. The original major
members of the United Nations were: the United States, USSR, Republic of China,
Great Britain, and France. Currently
there are 192 nations involved in the U.N. Almost any independent state in the
world is part of the U.N., the major exclusion is Switzerland and the Palestine
Liberation Organization (PLO).
It is important to understand that this declaration came at a
time when the world had just been enlightened to the travesties of the
Holocaust. While this is not the only reason for the declaration, it is a main
pushing point for the ratification of the rights.