JAWAHARLAL NEHRU AND UNITED NATIONS (UN)
Jawaharlal Nehru who had witnessed the destruction during the two devastating world wars was always impatient to find ways and means, which could bring about a climate of understanding and tolerance with a view to settling differences without resorting to the horrors of war. He was staunch believer in the world peace and the concept of one world. Nehru admired President Wilson for his statesmanship towards realizing a world order when the League of Nations was founded on 10 th January 1920; Nehru was not in a position to give it the required support for certain obvious reasons. The manner in which India was represented (or not represented) in the League, failed to be a Universal Organization . After independence, Nehru made it one of the Chief corner stones of India’s foreign policy to support and work within the UN and to mediate whenever possible and desirable. Hence, Indian troops to Gaza strip Congo and the deputing of Generals in his capacity as Chairman of the Korean Re...