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The failure of the League of Nations led to the Second World War. With the Second World War came the necessity to establish world peace again.

Along with maintaining world peace, it was important to develop healthy relationships between the countries, promote co-operation in international affairs, and promote and respect human rights. Drawing from the failure of the League of Nations, a stronger foundation was laid this time. A new intergovernmental organisation came into existence to fill the gap left by the League of Nations- the United Nations.

The United Nations successfully brought together the countries of the world that are small and big, rich and poor, and have different social, cultural and political backgrounds. In short, the UN is an organisation of the countries that have agreed to co-operate with one another and settle all the disputes peacefully.

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The Second World War broke out during the active years of the League of Nations. The war itself was the proof of the failure of the League’s primary objective- to prevent future wars.

Most of the members of the League did not involve in the war and remained neutral. But some countries chose to go to war.

Germany formed the Axis Powers together with Italy and Japan. The League was not able to efficiently prevent the aggression of the Axis Powers during the war. Soon, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and some other countries withdrew from the League.

With these major members leaving and other important countries like the US and the Soviet Union staying out of it, the League began to lose its credibility and its offices were dismantled. It stopped functioning altogether in 1946. The United Nations took shape after that.

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The First World War killed around 13 million people and most of Europe was left in shatters. UP President Woodrow Wilson came up with a scheme to stop such events from being repeated.

Thirty countries agreed on a proposal to form a commission that would work to bring international peace. This was the first time the world leaders came up with such an effort and the result was the League of Nations.

The League of Nations was an international organisation that was formed after the First World War. It was founded in 1920 to solve the disputes between countries and stop the possibility of open warfare.

It is the world’s first inter-governmental organisation that worked to maintain global peace. It also worked to stop human and drug trafficking, the arms trade, and to improve global health. Though the League had a significant impact in solving international disputes, it stopped functioning in April, 1946.

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