The UN's Success
The UN Charter, signed five years before the Korean War, states that its purposes are to "take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means ... adjustment or settlement of international disputes" (UN Charter, Chap. 1). The countries agreed to end the fighting by signing the armistice. Another goal of the UN, "to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained" (UN Charter Preamble), has also been proven possible. North Korea, China, USSR, South Korea, nor any of the countries fighting under the UN has planned and carried out a major attack on either Korea since the armistice was signed. The UN's successes in Korea showed its importance as an international organization.
"The Korean War had wide implications for the entire international system. ... As technically a United Nations action, the Korean War was pivotal in the development of that organization" -Carter Malkasian
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