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The Influence of the United Nations on Soviet Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

Alexander W. Rudzinski
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It would be idle speculation to try to guess what course Soviet policy might have adopted and pursued after World War II if no United Nations had been created. The purpose of this article will therefore be to try to answer some detailed questions centering around the main one of whether the creation of the United Nations, the USSR's participation in it and some of the actions of the organization influenced Soviet policy and, if so, where, how and to what extent.

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International Organization , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , May 1951 , pp. 282 - 299
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1951

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References

1 Nazi-Soviet Documents, New York Times, January 23, 1948, p. 18.

2 General Assembly resolution of November 3, 1948 [No. 190 (III)] and of November 3, 1950 “Uniting for Peace” resolution C.

3 Byrnes, James F., Speaking Frankly, p. 36–37Google Scholar.

4 The above-mentioned Stalin interview still represents the official Soviet standpoint. It was quoted last by Nicolai A. Bulganin on November 6, 1950 in a highly authoritative speech on the 33rd anniversary of the October revolution. Bulganin stressed that “The Soviet government supports all measures designed to strengthen the United Nations” and that it is “the American bloc which systematically rejects Soviet proposals directed towards that goal.”

5 Stalin's emphasis in his interview (repeated last by Bulganin) on the fact that the United Nations “is based on the principle of equality of states and not on that of domination of some over others” has obviously the same political eloquence.

6 United Nations Security Council, Officiaal Records (1st year), No. 2, p. 74Google Scholar.

7 Stalin, Joseph, Leninism, Moscow, 1933, Vol. II, p. 125Google Scholar.