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Post WW2 Alliances 1945 - Present
United Nations NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Warsaw Pact
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The United Nations Main Aims:
Why is the logo of the UN significant? Main Aims: Bring countries together to maintain peace Help the poor, hungry, sick, and illiterate Enhance individuals rights and freedoms
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When did it begin? Set up in 1945, after the Second World War, as a way of bringing people together and to avoid further wars It started with 51 countries Currently 193 countries (out of approx. 206) Eleanor Roosevelt with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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What does the UN do? UNESCO IAEA FAO IMF WHO WFP UNICEF WB and more…
UN Educational Scientific & Cultural Organization International Atomic Energy Association Food & Agriculture Organization International Monetary Fund World Health Organization World Food Program UN Children’s Fund World Bank
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N.A.T.O. Routine Soviet veto at UN led to a new organization in 1949; NATO “an armed attack against one or more of them … shall be considered an attack against them all.” “Association of democratic peace-loving states to defend Western Europe from the Soviet Union”
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The Warsaw Pact Soviet response to NATO
Military alliance with satellite nations 1955 – 1991
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Return to Alliances Capitalism Communism
One reason for WW I were alliances New alliances developed after WW II New powers, new ideologies and new weapons Can be argued that new alliances prevented war Capitalism Communism
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