Claudia, I took the liberty of citing you in regards to the reporting you have done on the IMF and the World bank, so my apologies for the delay in letting you know.

What you might find interesting is an exchange between the British and Canadian Prime Ministers who were in Paris after the end of the First World War. That exchange can be found here: D. Lloyd George, War Memoirs, volume 4, page 1754, House of Lords Record Office, Lloyd George Papers, F/5/2/28, Borden to Lloyd George, 23.11.18

When you have the more successful members of the British Commonwealth with a common defense
and foreign policy (which is what DLG had in mind for the British Empire) and currency, and
in concert with those countries which were behind the iron curtain (and those European countries which border the Mediterranean Sea,
plus Portugal), a more effective way would be
found, than the UN, to ensure geopolitical stability.