Nepal, Dec. 6 -- The inception of the United Nations was the result of the failure of the League of Nations (LoN) that existed only for 27 years whereas the UN's incumbency has reached 77 years of existence. Hardly any of the founding members that endorsed the Charter of the United Nations on 26 June 1945 in San Francisco to establish this world body officially bringing into existence on 24 October the same year might have thought of today's UN in terms of its continuity, efforts made toward global peace and security, socioeconomic development and humanitarian activities to the welfare of the peoples of the member states - currently 193 from the original 51 though its effectiveness is under debate.

The advent of the UN in 1945 was basica...