Post World War II Europe

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Post World War II Europe
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Potsdam Conference July 1945

• Truman Stalin meet to discuss postwar world
• Truman mentions a powerful new weapon to Stalin
• Truman warns of prompt and utter destruction to
  Japan
• Stalin promised free elections but installed
  communist governments in Eastern Europe

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The United Nations

• Created in 1945 to stop future world wars
• Headquartered in New York City
• Has 5 permanent members
• America
• Soviet Union
• China
• France
• England

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Parts of UN

• General Assembly provide equal representation
• Security Council deal with military for peace
• Economic Council deal with aid to countries
• UNICEF worldwide childrens fund
• Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (S. Korea)

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The United Nations
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UN Peace Keeping Missions
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United Nations Main Donors

• Main donators to the UN budget, 2006 ( of UN
  budget)
•  United States 22.00
•  Japan 16.624
•  Germany 8.66  
• United Kingdom 6.13  
• France 6.03  
• Italy 4.89
•  Canada 2.81
•  China 2.667
•  Spain 2.52  
• Mexico 1.88  
• Australia 1.59  
• Brazil 1.52
• Other member states 22.679

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4 Zones of Germany afterWWII
BERLIN
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