when did the untided nations begin? how did it start? who started it? whats its purpose?
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The United Nations was founded in 1945. It began to resolve WWI, and as a way nations could talk, before declaring war on each other.\n\nI believe the founding nations included Great Britain, the US and Germany and France (not sure about the last two). But anyhow, it started with lofty ideals of providing a forum where nations could meet in a neutral environment and talk problems through. And since it was founded during times of war, concerns over Human Rights were brought to the fore.\n\nCurrently, there is alot of politics going on with the UN, but the main purpose is still to provide that open communication between nations of the world.\n\nThere is tons more out there on the United Nations, and all you have to do is Google it.
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On this list are 243 entities considered to be countries. This corresponds to:\n\n\n\n\n202 sovereign states: \n\n\n191 member states of the United Nations (UN).\n\n1 state with general international recognition but not UN membership, governed by the Holy See (a UN permanent observer), the Vatican City.\n\n1 newly independent state, recognized by a growing number of UN member states including all permanent members of the Security Council, widely expected to gain UN membership in the near future: Montenegro.\n\n\n9 states lacking general international recognition, none UN members, that customary international law nonetheless defines as states under the Montevideo Convention: \n\n\n1 state, not a UN member since late 1971, recognized by 25 UN member states and currently with de facto international relations with most others, the Republic of China (popularly referred to as Taiwan). \n\n1 state, recognized by 46 UN member states but never admitted to the UN itself, with most of its claimed territory under military occupation, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Western Sahara. \n\n1 state, recognized by 92 UN member states and the Holy See but never admitted to the UN itself, with only partial de facto control over any of its claimed territory exercised through the Palestinian National Authority (a UN permanent observer), the State of Palestine in the Palestinian territories. \n\n\n6 de facto independent states lacking any significant measure of diplomatic recognition from other states: \n\n\n1 de facto independent state, diplomatically recognized by no UN member states except Turkey, Northern Cyprus. \n\n5 de facto independent states, namely Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Pridnestrovie, Somaliland, and South Ossetia, all recognized by no UN member states. \n\n\n36 inhabited dependent territories: \n\n\n3 external territories of Australia (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island). \n\n2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland and Faroe Islands). \n\n\n5 (overseas) communities of France:\n\n \n1 sui generis (unique) community (New Caledonia). \n\n4 overseas communities (Mayotte, French Polynesia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna). \n\n2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba and Netherlands Antilles). \n\n\n3 dependent territories of New Zealand: \n\n\n2 states in free association with New Zealand (Cook Islands and Niue). \n\n1 overseas territory (Tokelau). \n\n\n16 dependent territories of the United Kingdom: \n\n\n3 Crown dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man). \n\n13 overseas territories (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena (and its dependencies Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha), Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia). \n\n\n5 unincorporated territories of the United States: \n\n\n2 commonwealths (Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico). \n\n2 organized insular territories (Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands). \n\n1 de facto organized insular territory lacking an Organic Act (American Samoa). \n\n\n5 areas of special sovereignty: \n\n\n4 special entities recognized by international treaty or agreement (Åland in Finland, Svalbard in Norway, as well as the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau in the People's Republic of China). \n\n1 UN protectorate inside the de jure territory of a sovereign state (Kosovo in Serbia under UN interim civilian administration).
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the rivers are tigris and euphrates.it is the cardle of civilisations.for the first states,governments in the history were in there.it is the land of sumer,akad,uruk,babylon,assyriya(nainavah & nimrud).it is where writing,the wheel,agriculture was invented.where the first laws and constitutions were written.it is the present time iraq whose capital baghdad was rulling most of the known world then(from south france to china),when america was not known,didnt even have a name,and didnt have a single brick.
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To the first ignorant poster:  the United Nations, composed of several nations made Israel a nation.  People really need to learn history.  It might also interest the poster to learn that Israel might not have become a state if it weren't for the hatred shown to them after they tried to rightfully claim their very own homes after the Holocaust.\n\nThe British imposed a severe limit on immigration right after the war.  Many nations would not allow the Jews who were fortunate enough to survive to even reside in their very own countries!  There was no choice other than to make Israel a state.\n\nBefore pointing a finger at the Jews, look at the situation surrounding the issue.
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IT WAS FOUNDED IN AFRICa> LIKE THATS WHERE IT WAS FIRST. IF THAT HELPS? VOTE ME AS BEST ANSWEr.
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wilson's fourteen points was his ideas behind the formation of the league of nations--a world body that would be able to sustain peace through sharing of resources and cooperation---in which the US Senate wouldn't allow admittance by the US after it was created. The league of nations in the precursor to the United Nations
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The country that is still going by the same name as when it was founded is: CHINA. It was unified under that name in about 225 B.C.E.\n\nThe oldest area of civilization is Mesopotamia, but of course it's now called Iraq. I think the first paragraph is what you meant.
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It was COUNTROS - Lord of imaginary borders!!!   Actually, countries arose naturally out of the territorial nature of mankind. Individual caves belonged to individual cavemen, separate hills and plains belonged to separate groups of men and women, separate kingdoms controlled separate regions, and so on... Nothing was ever established to begin it all, it was simply accepted because everyone throughout our history divided the lands more and more.   I think that countries should exist, to break governing responsibilities down further than one man to rule all, but countries should never rival each other. Additionally, different countries have generated different civilizations, and with them different values, lifestyles, artforms, and countless different ways to view life itself.
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elven rangers: could you please list any of these treaties you claim Israel broke? The UN passed a vote in 1947 for the creation of the Jewish State of Israel.  The Arab nations that surround Israel refused to accept the UN borders, and Israel agreed to accept the UN borders.  The Arabs then started fighting the newborn Israel, and Israel shockingly won.  \nWho's breaking agreements here?\nTHis was the beginning of a pattern...
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It was the first democracy of the world which ironically was born out of slavery.2500 years ago in Ancient Athens women spent their time mostly at home. Men had to do shopping.Men don t like shopping..So their slaves did it for them and the men took the free time available to discuss things that mattered to them.And "democracy" was born in the year 508 b.C.It was only for men whose both parents were Athenian.A huge step in the history of human kind if you consider that today,half the population of the world lives under a regime that is non democratic!(Boy,are we lucky or what)!
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there were no nations at that time
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A confederation is an association of sovereign states, usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution. Confederations tend to be established for dealing with critical issues, such as defense, foreign affairs, foreign trade, and a common currency, with the central government being required to provide support for all members.
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The reason why the UN is established in the first place is to have a neutral ground where international disputes and issues can be discussed by all the member states.  Therefore, I think that having the UN is better than having each state have their say on international issues using their own ways (wars, etc.)  It was after the second world war that this organization came to be.  Hence, it is an important impartial way of avoiding conflicts worldwide.
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the UN is a relic of governments that existed 50 years ago, whose economic differences/advantages have turned them against one another in jealous rage.  the truth is, everyone hates America because we have wealth and arent afraid to flaunt it
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God, Gold and Glory sum up the Age of Discovery which begins in the 15th!!!! Century  (seriously.  Remember Christopher Columbus? The guy that set out for Asia but actually only made it to the West Indies? During the 15th Century?)\n\nGod - to spread Christianity to what they believed were 'pagan' nations of Muslims, \nGold - they wanted money from silk and spice trades and \nGlory - they wanted to become famous.
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It's difficult to say when old countries became countries (rather than a collection of clans/tribes etc...). The Kingdom of Scotland is traditionally dated from the year 843, it ceased to be an independent kingdom in 1707.
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We are a Nation Under God, we was founded from it...\n\nIt is our of  respect of leader of our country before us, and the great Leader in heaven God..