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=Formation of the United Nations= =  ==== =  The United Nations is an international organization that was formed to prevent wars and to keep the peace of the world. On October 24th, 1945 UN was formed, and was established in New York, US. During the World War l, there was a similar organization called the League of Nations. When the World War ll was ending, UN replaced the League of Nations with 50 members of countries. By 2006, 192 countries joined UN. The UN Security Council has the main responsibility for the keeping of world peace. 15 countries are the members, and Canada was elected to the Security Council in 1948-49, 1958-59, 1967-68, 1977-78,1989-90 and for the term 1999-2000. = Peacekeeping is the major UN activity and Canadians are the most famous nation as peacekeepers. Canada has contributed soldiers to every major UN peacekeeping operation. For example, UN concluded that North Korea invaded South Korea. To keep the peace in Korea, as a part of the UN, the Canadian army participated in the Korean War. Also, Lester B. Pearson, the president of Canada received the Nobel Peace Prize for sending the peacekeeping force to the Middle East, when there was the Suez Crisis. Canada, who thought that the UN is not doing enough for peacekeeping, supported the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Canada is more active and enthusiastic for peacekeeping than the other countries in the world. Canada is the county who contributed the most for the world peace. If Canada was not involved in UN activities, compare to the present the world would be less safe and less peaceful.