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The 'Dumbarton Oaks Conference' (or 'Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization'), held beginning in August 21, 1944 in a Washington, DC mansion (Dumbarton Oaks), was where the United Nations was formulated and negotiated. Discussions on the make-up of the UN included which states would be invited as members. The conference was attended by representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of China. Discussions included the formation of the Security Council and the right of veto that would be given to its permanent members. It was presideded by Undersecretary of State Edward Reilly Stettinius.^[1]
The conference was followed up by a San Francisco Conference, where the Security Council veto powers were established.

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★ List of World War II conferences

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★ Proposals for the establishment of a general international organization