From League of Nations to United Nations

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ID6269809
AuthorsLeland M Goodrich (corresponding author)
Year1947
Volume1
Issue1
Pages3-21
Publication date1947-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Organization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8183 • E-ISSN: 1531-5088
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s002081830000655x
OpenAlexW2107135029
LanguageEN
Citations received9

On April 18, 1946, the League Assembly adjourned after taking the necessary steps to terminate the existence of the League of Nations and transfer its properties and assets to the United Nations. On August 1, this transfer took place at a simple ceremony in Geneva. Thus, an important and, at one time, promising experiment in international cooperation came formally to an end. Outside of Geneva, no important notice was taken of this fact. Within the counsels of the United Nations, there was an apparent readiness to write the old League off as a failure, and to regard the new organization as something unique, representing a fresh approach to the world problems of peace and security. Quite clearly there was a hesitancy in many quarters to call attention to the essential continuity of the old League and the new United Nations for fear of arousing latent hostilities or creating doubts which might seriously jeopardize the birth and early success of the new organization

Ceremony · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · International security · League · Notice · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Security council · Sociology · United Nations Charter · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Public Administration

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