League of Nations

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intergovernmental organization international organization predecessor of the United Nations

The League of Nations was an international organization founded after World War I to promote peace and cooperation among countries, serving as a precursor to the United Nations.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
League of Nations canonical 149
League of Nations system 4
League of Nations diplomacy 2

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization ⓘ
international organization ⓘ
predecessor of the United Nations ⓘ
category History of international relations ⓘ
Organizations disestablished in 1946 ⓘ
Organizations established in 1919 ⓘ
covenantAdopted 1919 ⓘ
createdBy Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
dissolved 1946 ⓘ
firstAssemblyMeeting 1920 ⓘ
firstSecretaryGeneral Eric Drummond ⓘ
foundedAfter World War I ⓘ
foundedBy Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ
foundingDocument Covenant of the League of Nations ⓘ
foundingMember Belgium ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
China ⓘ
France ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
hasOrgan Assembly of the League of Nations ⓘ
Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
International Labour Organization ⓘ
Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations ⓘ
headquartersCountry Switzerland ⓘ
headquartersLocation Geneva ⓘ
inception 1919 ⓘ
lastAssemblyMeeting 1946 ⓘ
memberCountAtPeak 58 ⓘ
nonContinuousMember United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
notableFailure inability to prevent Italian invasion of Ethiopia ⓘ
inability to prevent Japanese invasion of Manchuria ⓘ
inability to prevent outbreak of World War II ⓘ
notableSuccess administration of mandates over former German and Ottoman territories ⓘ
campaigns against human trafficking ⓘ
efforts against opium trade ⓘ
resolution of the Åland Islands dispute ⓘ
work on refugee protection ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
purpose collective security ⓘ
disarmament ⓘ
international cooperation ⓘ
peaceful settlement of disputes ⓘ
promotion of international peace ⓘ
reasonUnitedStatesNotMember US Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
replacedBy United Nations ⓘ
secondSecretaryGeneral Joseph Avenol ⓘ
thirdSecretaryGeneral Seán Lester ⓘ

Referenced by (174)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations → replaced → League of Nations ⓘ
United Nations → predecessor → League of Nations ⓘ
Winter War → internationalReaction → League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations expelled the Soviet Union
Interwar period → significantOrganization → League of Nations ⓘ
World War I → organizationCreated → League of Nations ⓘ
Peace Palace → associatedWith → League of Nations ⓘ
London Economic Conference → organizedBy → League of Nations ⓘ
London Economic Conference → convenedBy → League of Nations ⓘ
Nansen passport → issuedBy → League of Nations ⓘ
Palais des Nations → occupant → League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations (historical)
Palais des Nations → builtFor → League of Nations ⓘ
Assembly of the League of Nations → partOf → League of Nations ⓘ
Seán Lester → employer → League of Nations ⓘ
Czechoslovakia → memberOf → League of Nations ⓘ
Free City of Danzig → sovereigntyRecognizedBy → League of Nations ⓘ
Free City of Danzig → underProtectionOf → League of Nations ⓘ
Free City of Danzig → hadMinorityTreatyWith → League of Nations ⓘ
Permanent Court of International Justice → establishedBy → League of Nations ⓘ
Council of the League of Nations → partOf → League of Nations ⓘ
Treaty of Versailles → establishedOrganization → League of Nations ⓘ
Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations → partOf → League of Nations ⓘ
Finnish Air Force → previousAllegiance → League of Nations ⓘ
British Mandate for Palestine → sanctionedBy → League of Nations ⓘ
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees → partOf → League of Nations ⓘ
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees → foundedBy → League of Nations ⓘ
Second Italo-Ethiopian War → significantEvent → League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations sanctions on Italy
Second Italo-Ethiopian War → involvedOrganization → League of Nations ⓘ
Covenant of the League of Nations → established → League of Nations ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Manchuria → notRecognizedBy → League of Nations ⓘ
Balfour Declaration → relatedTo → League of Nations ⓘ
International Institute of Agriculture → memberOf → League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations system
Allied Powers of World War I → influenced → League of Nations ⓘ
Manchukuo → notRecognizedBy → League of Nations ⓘ
Dumbarton Oaks Conference → relatedTo → League of Nations ⓘ
Åland Islands → autonomyRecognizedBy → League of Nations ⓘ
UN → predecessor → League of Nations ⓘ
Kingdom of Greece → memberOf → League of Nations ⓘ
Upper Silesia plebiscite → finalDecisionBy → League of Nations ⓘ
Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson → influenced → League of Nations ⓘ
Woodrow Wilson → founded → League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations (advocated creation)
Jan Tinbergen → employer → League of Nations ⓘ
First Committee (Legal and Constitutional Questions) → appliesToJurisdiction → League of Nations ⓘ
First Committee (Legal and Constitutional Questions) → dissolvedWith → League of Nations ⓘ
Second Committee (Technical Organizations) → operatedBy → League of Nations ⓘ
Second Committee (Technical Organizations) → supervised → League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Health Organization
Second Committee (Technical Organizations) → dissolvedWith → League of Nations ⓘ
Third Committee (Reduction of Armaments) → partOf → League of Nations ⓘ
Third Committee (Reduction of Armaments) → isPartOf → League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations disarmament machinery
Credentials Committee → jurisdiction → League of Nations ⓘ
Credentials Committee → associatedWith → League of Nations ⓘ