ABSTRACT
The UN was created in 1945 following the failure of the League of Nations and in response to the economic difficulties caused by the horrors and waste of resources in World War II. Its mission was, above all, to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. The founders of the UN were concerned about the security of states. They saw the new system of collective security in the traditional military sense, a system in which states consider that any aggression against one constitutes an aggression against all, and commit to respond collectively in such events. But, long before the idea of security of individuals gained currency, the founders also understood the indivisibility of security, economic development and human freedom (UN Document A/59/565: 15). Security is inseparable from economic development and human freedom. At its creation, the main role of the UN was therefore to ensure the maintenance of international peace and security, a role that the organization was to perform in the context of a liberal environment while contributing to the development of liberalism. Only states could be members. Regarding conflict resolution, it was agreed that Member States 1 would make all their economic forces and financial resources available to the UN. However, the Cold War which started after World War II and lasted some 40 years broke the hopes that states had placed in the organization.
