dave arc-i said:
Is the UN only an updated version of the failed League of Nations. Discuss!
May well be. Following is a brief of the League of Nations
Brief Description of the League
The victorious Allied Powers of World War I established the League of Nations. The League's charter, known as the Covenant, was approved as part of the Treaty of Versailles at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. The mission, as stated in the Covenant, was "to promote international co-operation and to achieve international peace and security." U.S. President Woodrow Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919 for his leadership in creating the League. Despite Wilson's efforts, the U.S. Congress refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.
The Treaty entered into force on January 10, 1920. The original signatories of the Covenant were Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, the British Empire, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India, China, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hejaz, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serb-Croat-Sloven State, Siam, Czechoslovakia, and Uruguay.
The League was ineffective in stopping the military aggression that led to World War II. It ceased its work during the war and dissolved on April 18, 1946. The United Nations assumed its assets and carries on much of its work. The Library of the United Nations Office at Geneva provides a history of the League of Nations on its web site, at
http://www.unog.ch/library/archives/lon/ovrvfset.html. ...ends.
This line appears to describe the UN too unfortunately:
"The League was ineffective in stopping the military aggression that led to World War II"
The UN seems to be ineffective in stopping wars too. Of the permanent members of the UN security council just two haven't gone to war with other countries that I know of - France and China. China has an appalling human rights record.
IMO the effectiveness of the UN seems to be minimal except where enough member countries agree to send in enough peacekeeping troops to stop any further aggression