United Nations 439 Indonesian peacekeepers board an aircraft in Jakarta, Indonesia, en route to Lebanon to support the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) The peacekeeping force monitored the cease-fire between Hizbollah and Israel been established after World War I but failed to organize world order on the principles of universality The United Nations, therefore, took care to avoid the mistakes of its predecessor, and five major powers were given special power and responsibility through the mechanism of “veto” power in the most important organ of the United Nations—the Security Council The goals of the United Nations were enshrined in the Charter: to maintain international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among nations, to achieve international cooperation, and to work as a harmonizer among nations Security was the principal goal of the United Nations Unlike in the league, however, security was not narrowly conceived in the United Nations but was broadened to include socioeconomic justice, human rights, and development Like the league, the United Nations was based on the principles of collective security The new principle on which the league and the United Nations were based does not consider security as the individual affair of states or regions but as a collective affair of all states, and aggression against one state is considered aggression against all others All states are obliged to take collective action against the aggressor from the league The UN Charter provided for six major organs, four of which evolved out of the League of Nations The General Assembly was based on the democratic principle of “one country, one vote,” irrespective of size and power, and was essentially a deliberative organ The countries of the Third World used the body for organizing themselves and took up issues of colonialism and racialism The Charter provided for some supervisory functions of the General Assembly The council and assembly had joint functions as well The Security Council, the most