United Nations System

When the world shrunk as countries around the world started
communicating to each other and trading with each other, it
became important to extend the policies and regulations of a
country in order to accommodate the relations established with
other countries. This is when international organizations began
to see the light of the day. Countries required co-operation
from each other in order to live together in the world and
share the resources available.
United Nations System was not the first organization to see the
need for co-operation among countries. It began as early as
1865 when the International Telecommunication Union was
founded. The organization now exists as a part of the UN
specialized agencies. Then in 1899 Hague became the site for
the International Peace Conference which eventually led to the
establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in 1902.
The objective of this organization was to settle crises peacefully
and to avoid war.
The Second World War led to the subsequent formation of the
United Nations. But even before it, existed the League of
Nations which was founded during the First World War in
1919 under the Treaty of Versailles. Its objectives were very
similar as that of the United Nations System today. The
organization aimed at promoting international peace and
encouraging co-operation among the participating countries. It
failed in its endeavors when the Second World War began and
hence stopped its activities.
The United Nations picked up from where its predecessors had
left and aimed at preventing the events that had led to the
Second World War. The attempts of the organization have been
more successful than any of its forerunners and it has thus
been able to become one of the most influential organizations
in the world.