Dumbarton Oaks Conference

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The Dumbarton Oaks Conference was a 1944 diplomatic meeting in Washington, D.C., where major Allied powers drafted the foundational proposals that led to the creation of the United Nations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II-era international conference
diplomatic conference
alsoKnownAs Dumbarton Oaks Conference
surface form: Dumbarton Oaks Conversations
contributedTo United Nations Charter drafting process
founding of the United Nations
country United States of America
surface form: United States
diplomaticStatus intergovernmental negotiations
endDate 1944-10-07
followedBy San Francisco Conference
surface form: United Nations Conference on International Organization

Yalta Conference
hasName Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization
hasPart first phase with United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union
second phase including China
historicalPeriod 1940s
hostCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
hostInstitution Dumbarton Oaks
surface form: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
keyOutcome proposal for a Security Council with primary responsibility for international peace and security
proposal for a system of collective security under the United Nations
proposal for an Economic and Social Council
proposal for an international trusteeship system
proposal for permanent members of the Security Council
languageOfWorkOrName English
location Dumbarton Oaks
Washington, D.C.
organizedDuring World War II
participant China
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
precededBy earlier Allied discussions on postwar security arrangements
purpose to design the structure of a new global organization to replace the League of Nations
to draft proposals for a postwar international organization for peace and security
relatedTo League of Nations
San Francisco Conference
Charter of the United Nations
surface form: United Nations Charter
result Dumbarton Oaks Conference self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dumbarton Oaks Proposals

agreement on basic structure of the United Nations General Assembly
agreement on basic structure of the United Nations Security Council
agreement on creation of an international secretariat
agreement on establishment of an international court of justice
foundational blueprint for the United Nations
significance laid groundwork for postwar international order
marked a major step in institutionalizing multilateral diplomacy
startDate 1944-08-21
topic collective security
international peace and security
postwar international organization
structure of the United Nations
year 1944

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San Francisco Conference precededBy Dumbarton Oaks Conference
Moscow Conference of 1943 followedBy Dumbarton Oaks Conference
Dumbarton Oaks Conference result Dumbarton Oaks Conference self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dumbarton Oaks Proposals
Dumbarton Oaks Conference alsoKnownAs Dumbarton Oaks Conference
this entity surface form: Dumbarton Oaks Conversations
Roosevelt administration significantEvent Dumbarton Oaks Conference
this entity surface form: Formation of the United Nations (planning phase)
Civic Center, San Francisco significantEvent Dumbarton Oaks Conference
this entity surface form: United Nations Charter drafting conference
Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization result Dumbarton Oaks Conference
this entity surface form: Dumbarton Oaks Proposals
World War II diplomacy includesEvent Dumbarton Oaks Conference
Allied conferences of World War II hasPart Dumbarton Oaks Conference
V. K. Wellington Koo (Wellington Koo Ball by marriage) participatedIn Dumbarton Oaks Conference
subject surface form: V. K. Wellington Koo
this entity surface form: United Nations founding negotiations