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The Dumbarton Oaks Conference (or Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization) was an international conference at which the United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
 was formulated and negotiated.

It was held from 21 August to 7 October 1944 in Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks

Dumbarton Oaks is a 19th century Federal architecture mansion with famous gardens in the Georgetown, Washington, D.C. List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward of Washington, D.C....
, a mansion in Washington, DC, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, and was attended by representatives of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, and the Republic of China
Republic of China

The Republic of China , also known as Nationalist China is a country in East Asia that has evolved from a single-party state with full global recognition into a multi-party democratic state with Political status of Taiwan....
. It was chaired by U.S. Undersecretary of State Edward Reilly Stettinius.

The conference's discussions on the make-up of the UN included which states would be invited to be members, the formation of the United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council

The United Nations Security Council is one of the principal organs charged with the maintenance of international security. Its powers, outlined in the United Nations Charter, include the establishment of peacekeeping operations, the establishment of international sanctions, and the authorization of war....
, and the right of veto that would be given to the Security Council's permanent members.

The conference was followed up by the Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference

The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and Code name the Argonaut Conference, was the wartime meeting from 4 February 1945 to 11 February 1945 among the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union?President of the United States Franklin D....
 (February 1945) and, later, by the United Nations Conference on International Organization
United Nations Conference on International Organization

The United Nations Conference on International Organization was a convention of delegates from 50 Allies of World War II that took place from 25 April 1945 to 26 June 1945 in San Francisco, United States....
 (the "San Francisco Conference", April-June 1945), at which the Security Council veto powers were established and the text of the UN Charter finalized.







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The Dumbarton Oaks Conference (or Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization) was an international conference at which the United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
 was formulated and negotiated.

It was held from 21 August to 7 October 1944 in Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks

Dumbarton Oaks is a 19th century Federal architecture mansion with famous gardens in the Georgetown, Washington, D.C. List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward of Washington, D.C....
, a mansion in Washington, DC, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, and was attended by representatives of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, and the Republic of China
Republic of China

The Republic of China , also known as Nationalist China is a country in East Asia that has evolved from a single-party state with full global recognition into a multi-party democratic state with Political status of Taiwan....
. It was chaired by U.S. Undersecretary of State Edward Reilly Stettinius.

The conference's discussions on the make-up of the UN included which states would be invited to be members, the formation of the United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council

The United Nations Security Council is one of the principal organs charged with the maintenance of international security. Its powers, outlined in the United Nations Charter, include the establishment of peacekeeping operations, the establishment of international sanctions, and the authorization of war....
, and the right of veto that would be given to the Security Council's permanent members.

The conference was followed up by the Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference

The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and Code name the Argonaut Conference, was the wartime meeting from 4 February 1945 to 11 February 1945 among the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union?President of the United States Franklin D....
 (February 1945) and, later, by the United Nations Conference on International Organization
United Nations Conference on International Organization

The United Nations Conference on International Organization was a convention of delegates from 50 Allies of World War II that took place from 25 April 1945 to 26 June 1945 in San Francisco, United States....
 (the "San Francisco Conference", April-June 1945), at which the Security Council veto powers were established and the text of the UN Charter finalized.

See also

  • List of World War II conferences
    List of World War II conferences

    List of World War II conferences of the Allies of World War IIIn total Churchill attended 14 meetings, Roosevelt 12, Stalin 5.Code names for some of the major wartime conference meetings involving Roosevelt and later Truman had a partial naming sequence referring to devices or instruments which had an ordinal number as part of their mea...


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