After World War II, the United Nations formed in San Francisco.

The Secretary General ran the bureaucracy

and exercised moral suasion. Dag Hammarskjöld (Sweden), 1953-61; U Thant (Burma), 1961-71; Kurt
Waldheim (Austria), 1972-81. With limited resources, the U.N. has produced a mixed record on both
peacekeeping and human rights.

Overall, the United Nations has done a lot of good through relief and development organizations. One partial
reform was the changing of the Human Rights Commission to the smaller Human Rights Council.