JAMB Government 2002 Question 27

Question 27

League of Nations and United Nations

The group of states that conceived the idea of the United Nations Organization included

  1. A.the USSR, Italy, the UK and China
  2. B.Italy, the UK, France and Japan
  3. C.France, the USA, Canada and Japan
  4. D.the USA, the USSR, the UK and China.
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Answer: D (the USA, the USSR, the UK and China.)

Explanation

The UN was planned during the Second World War by the Allied powers: the USA, the USSR, Britain and China (for example at Dumbarton Oaks, 1944). Italy and Japan were enemy powers.