Everybody said that San Francisco made progress. But how much and what kind of progress, from where to where? Was the charter just Dumbarton Oaks festooned with a Spanish moss of phrases? Or did it bring the world nearer to genuine world government?
Only 25% of the San Francisco charter was picked up from the Big Powers' original Dumbarton Oaks draft. That 25% was still the backbone of the charter and of the new United Nations organization. But-the changes were many and important. Mostly they came in stating the purposes and principles of the organization and in the "curative" functions designed to...
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