Prior to world war ii, this was president roosevelt's revision of the neutrality acts: participants in the war in europe could purchase war materiel from the u. s. but only if they paid for them full up front and arranged for the transport of the goods themselves.

The quote below is an excerpt from the charter of the united nations: "the purposes of the united nations are: to maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace . " source:this section implies that the united nations is prepared to do what to keep world peace?