A comparison of a pre - World War I map with a modern one reveals that at the beginning of the century, at least 51 African and 44 Asian nations that exist today did not even exist as such then.
त्याचप्रमाणे बाल्कन राष्ट्रांतील लढायांप्रमाणे इतर लहान संघर्षही संयुक्‍त राष्ट्रसंघाला टाळता आले नाहीत.