International Organization and the United Nations Security Council

Abstract

Abstract : The journal, International Organization, was first published in 1947 by the World Peace Foundation. As the founder's name indicates, its purpose is to promote peace, justice, and goodwill among nations. The Journal represents the Foundation's efforts to increase public understanding of the international problems by an objective presentation of the facts of international relations.: From 1947 to 1970, the Journal's stated focus had been on American foreign relations as it pertained to the international community. In 1971, the Journal adjusted its focus to an international perspective. This adjustment changed the Journal's stated purpose to a more universal view of world affairs. Because this journal views world affairs so intently, the purpose of this project will be to show the Journal author's view of how the United Nation's role played in world peace for the first 15 years which were its most critical years as it evolved from the League of Nations. The project will use the Journal material exclusively to keep the views limited to its authors. To provide an accurate account of the views of the authors, the Journal's summaries of the Security Council's meeting minutes were also used. The project will be based on the first of three basic objectives of the UN and will show the views of the authors with respect to the successes and failures of the UN to prevent or curtail war. First, there will be a description of the complexion of the UN after World War II with special attention given to the Security Council. We will see that world politics is a matter of various interests of all states. The study will concentrate on three cases; the Kashmir dispute, the Korean conflict, and the Congo intervention. A purpose of this paper is to show the UN's intervention tactics from the onset. For each conflict, the UN applied different applications of intervention. For the purpose of this project, financial and humanitarian assistance will not be specifically addressed.