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THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION (UNO) AND ITS IMPACT ON THE AFRICAN NATIONALISM

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  In 1945 the UN was formed immediately after World War II replacing the highly discredited League of Nations that had ignored the rape of Ethiopia by Italy, and watched world war 11 without coming up with lasting solutions. The UN had a charter which was partly inspired by the Atlantic charter of 1941 which was concluded by the American president Franklin Roosevelt and the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The UN was inaugurated at San Francisco (in USA) conference which basically continued with the observations of the principles of the Atlantic charter. The UN was therefore the revival on the defunct League of Nations in a more serious manner. Its roles can be analyzed as follows:- Among its objectives was the eradication of imperialism article 10 declared that people should enjoy equal rights and be allowed to be self-determined which was in line with the principles of the Atlantic charter which had called for the respect of the right of all people to choose their own fo...