United Nations (Tiberium)

The United Nations was founded as a successor to the World League of Nations, which was widely considered to have been ineffective in its role as an international governing body, in that it had been unable to prevent Great World War II. Some argue that the UN's major advantage over the League of Nations was its ability to maintain and deploy its member nations' armed forces as peace keepers. Others see such "peace keeping" as a euphemism for war and domination of weak and poor countries by the wealthy and powerful nations of the world.

The Allied Forces were a part of the World League of Nations, the predecessor of the UN, formed in the aftermath of the second world war. In order to protect the fragile global status quo and prevent an outbreak of a third world war, a secret unit was formed, the Operations Group Echo: Black Ops 9. Officially denying any knowledge of the unit, the UN used it as a surgical tool to remove potentially dangerous individuals and groups that could trigger a war. After a failed assassination attempt on Saddam Hussein, the United Nations were forced to publicly confirm the existence of the black ops group and reformed it into the Global Defense Initiative.

Acting under the supervision of Charles Olivetti, the UN Defense Secretary, GDI waged war on the Brotherhood of Nod. After the First Tiberium War, the United Nations gradually lost their power, due to the deteriorating state of the planet, while GDI's influence and control grew. Eventually, in the 21st century, the UN disbanded, leaving GDI as the sole governing body of the Western world. While technically member states still existed, the GDI was (and continues to be) a benevolent one world government.