#collective-security

#collective-security

The Fourteen Point Peace Programme of US President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) was presented to Congress on 8 January 1918 and outlined a new world order that would hopefully avoid another disaster like the still ongoing First World War (1914-18). Aiming to persuade Germany and its allies to seek an armistice and achieve lasting world peace, the points in the list stated there should be freedom of the seas, free trade, disarmament, a redrawing of the map of Europe based on the principle of national self-determination,