Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization

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The Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization was the 1944 diplomatic meeting in Washington, D.C., commonly known as the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, where Allied powers drafted the foundational proposals for what became the United Nations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II diplomatic conference
founding conference of the United Nations
international diplomatic conference
alsoKnownAs Dumbarton Oaks Conference
Washington Conversations
city Washington, D.C.
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
definedBody United Nations Economic and Social Council
surface form: Economic and Social Council

United Nations General Assembly
surface form: General Assembly of the United Nations

International Court of Justice
United Nations Security Council
surface form: Security Council of the United Nations
endDate 1944-10-07
followedBy San Francisco Conference
San Francisco Conference
surface form: United Nations Conference on International Organization
hasContext planning of postwar international order
heldAt Dumbarton Oaks
surface form: Dumbarton Oaks estate
influenced San Francisco Conference
surface form: San Francisco Conference of 1945

Charter of the United Nations
surface form: United Nations Charter
languageOfWorkOrName English
location Dumbarton Oaks
Washington, D.C.
organizedBy Allied powers
participant Republic of China
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
partOf Allied wartime diplomacy
precededBy Moscow Conference of 1943
purpose to design the structure of a postwar international organization
to draft proposals for an international organization for peace and security
result Dumbarton Oaks Conference
surface form: Dumbarton Oaks Proposals

Proposals for the Establishment of a General International Organization
significance defined basic organs of the future United Nations
laid groundwork for the creation of the United Nations
startDate 1944-08-21
timePeriod World War II
topic collective security
international economic and social cooperation
peaceful settlement of disputes
role of the General Assembly
structure of the Security Council
voting procedures in the Security Council
year 1944

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Dumbarton Oaks Conference hasName Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization