1920s
League of Nations 1920s
Forerunner of the United Nations is the League of Nations, an organization conceived in similar circumstances during the First World War, and established in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles "to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security." The International Labour Organization is also created under the Treaty of Versailles as an affiliated agency of the League. The League of Nations ceases its activities after failing to prevent the Second World War.
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1940s
The Atlantic Charter
14 April 1941: President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom propose a set of principles for international collaboration in maintaining peace and security. The document, signed during a meeting on the ship HMS Prince of Wales "somewhere at sea", is known as The Atlantic Charter.
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