POLI 345 Lecture Notes - Plenary Session, United Nations Conference On International Organization, Yalta Conference
15 Dec 2013
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Start to talk, try to devise a common proposal. If you can"t make all the p5 happy, they can veto it. All countries couch their positions in democratic terms- ex. Canada doesn"t want any more permanent members, only more non-permanent members. Everyone tries to put their interests into terms that are acceptable to everyone else. Rules of the game written in the charter. Even though there"ve been adjustments, the basic principles are all there: adoption. History of the un goes back to early wwii once the lon is disbanded. Americans and the british decide to meet- churchill and roosevelt to agree on a document called the atlantic charter in 1941- sort of first draft of charter. Suggested a number of principles for the future organisation of the world- confident they would win. No force territorial expansion, right to self determination, lowering of trade barriers, economic cooperation and harmony. Lead to the declaration of the un in 1942.
