==History==
The term "United Nations" was widely used during [[World War II]] to denote the allied powers making war against [[Germany]] and [[Japan]], but the actual UN was created in 1945. It was designed by the U.S. State Department. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] envisaged "four policemen", [[Britain]], [[United States]], [[Soviet Union]], and [[Republic of China]] to be the major forces on what later became the [[UN Security Council]] to enforce the peace worldwide. This was deemed a modern approach to replace the old [[spheres of influence ]] as they were called during the age of [[Imperialism]].
US Secretary of State [[Cordell Hull]] said at the time while selling the idea to [[Congress]], "there will no longer be need for spheres of influence, for alliances, for balance of power, or any other of the separate alliances through which in the unhappy past the nations strove to safeguard their security or promote their interest."