East Timor's magna carta

130 The Second World War, which bore witness to innumerable violations of the most basic, natural rights of humankind, resulted in the death ofmillions ofpeople, and left in its wake the bitter memory of the Holocaust and devastation. It created a universal awareness of the need for world peace and harmony. As a result, the United Nations Organisation was born based on respect for the rights ofpeoples and nations to self-determination and independence, the need to protect global peace, to condemn war and aggression and promote the peaceful solution of conflicts.