The United Nations and ECLAC at the half-century mark of the Organization

Fifty years ago, a broad and representative group of countries tried for the second time in this century to set up a world organization to try to banish the scourge of war and promote international co-operation. The first attempt -the League of Nations- had foundered in the stormy waters that were to lead to the greatest cataclysm in world history. The second effort -the United Nations- has so far resisted different but equally severe trials, notably the so-called “Cold War”.