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"International Law" is conceived as a concept, replacing what was known as "law of nations"
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Intended to secure the long-term peace of Europe and establish regular meetings of European States.
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As a reaction to the carnage of World War I, the peace negotiators included in the peace settlement of 1919 a treaty establishing the first global international organisation with general competence: the League of Nations.
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Even before the end of World War II, the Allies had plans for the creation of a new global international organisation to replace the League of Nations. Fifty States met in San Francisco for 2 months in 1945, at the end of which they signed the UN Charter, which came into force on 24 October of that year.