"The Charter of the United Nations" is an international treaty that was signed on June 26, 1945 by 50 countries around the world. In that same year, World War II officially ended on September 2, 1945. The U.N. was formed to protect human rights across the world, after witnessing the atrocities committed in both world wars, and to take step forward to international peace.
Pair “Charter of the United Nations” with “The Marshall Plan” and ask students to consider the motivations behind the introduction of a “super-government.” How can we reconcile the Marshall Plan’s obvious dependence on the aid of the United States, as expressed in the article, with a desire to involve dozens of nations in global decision-making processes? Can our practical actions ever be perfectly in line with our ideas of equality and fairness? Must all nations make sacrifices for the greater good?