The San Francisco Conference on International Organization lasted sixty-two days, April-June 1945, and wrote the Charter for the United Nations. Major issues for conference consideration included: Security Council voting and veto powers; the substantive and nonsubstantive authority to be granted the General Assembly; Trusteeships; American retention of the former Japanese naval bases in the Pacific; Regionalism; and invitations to Argentina, Poland and the two Soviet Republics--White Russia and the Ukraine--to join the world organization. Led by the working group of the five permanent members, although the United Kingdom, United States and the Soviet Union did wield the most power, the decisions reached on these issues were written into the Charter and molded the shape of the United Nations. / The interrelated forces at work during the conference were analyzed to facilitate tracing the decision-making process in writing the United Nations Charter. Difficulties did exist. Differences in perspectives among the Allies, set aside in the interest of wartime coalition unity, needed resolution at San Francisco. Within these parameters, emphasis was placed on United States' participation at the San Francisco Conference. The United States delegation was closely examined to provide insight into the development of American positions on key conference issues. / Ultimately, the dissertation concludes that the internationalist expectations for the United Nations were suppressed from the beginning by the nationalistic self-interest of all the attendent nations, large and small, at the conference. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-10, Section: A, page: 3331. / Major Professor: Thomas M. Campbell. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1989.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78075 |
| Contributors | Benedicks, William, Jr., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 306 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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