Haile Selassie I: Throughout History

Haile Selassie I: Throughout History

(Haile Selassie’s famous speech condemning inaction and the failure of the League of Nations regarding the Italian invasion of Ethiopia was made on 30 June 1936, at the League of Nation’s assembly in Geneva, Switzerland)

On 10 January 1946, the most significant event was the opening of the First Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at Methodist Central Hall in London, United Kingdom, marking the first formal gathering of the newly formed UN, with delegates from 51 nations meeting to define the organisation’s purpose and scope after World War II.

The League of Nations, established on 10 January 1920, was the first major attempt at a global body for peace after World War I, but it failed to prevent World War II; the United Nations (UN) succeeded it in 1946, created from the lessons of the League’s failures, with broader membership (including major powers), a more robust structure, and goals to maintain peace, develop friendly relations, promote social progress, and human rights, inheriting some League assets and functions.

Nevertheless, the United Nations, as its predecessor, the League of Nations, has been criticised for a variety of reasons, including a perceived lack of the body’s efficacy, and indeed a total lack of efficacy in both pre-emptive measures and de-escalation of existing conflicts which have ranged from social disputes to all-out wars, including abuse of power by nations exerting general control over the Security Council, the General Assembly, corruption and misappropriation of resources.

A number of decisions by the United Nations, especially those of the Security Council, are seen as failures to prevent armed conflicts and to enforce the Charter of the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

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