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.

Aliases (18)

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 →
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 (106)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Carlo Broggi ("League of Nations (as project architect for headquarters)") → Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations → Eric Drummond → Inazo Nitobe → Jan Tinbergen → Joseph Avenol → Salvador de Madariaga → Seán Lester →	employer
Czechoslovakia → Hjalmar Branting → International Institute of Agriculture ("League of Nations system") → International Institute of Agriculture ("League of Nations system") → Kingdom of Greece → Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes → Léon Bourgeois →	memberOf
Assembly of the League of Nations → Council of the League of Nations → League of Nations Assembly → League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees → Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations → Secretary-General of the League of Nations → Third Committee (Reduction of Armaments) →	partOf
Advisory Opinion on the Interpretation of the Greco-Turkish Agreement of 1 December 1926 ("League of Nations system of dispute settlement") → Advisory Opinion on the Treatment of Polish Nationals in Danzig ("League of Nations minority protection system") → Balfour Declaration → Dumbarton Oaks Conference → Little Entente →	relatedTo
Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations ("League of Nations member states") → Fifth Committee (Social and General Questions) → First Committee (Legal and Constitutional Questions) →	appliesToJurisdiction
Credentials Committee → Peace Palace → Statue of Jan Smuts, Parliament Square →	associatedWith
First Committee (Legal and Constitutional Questions) → Second Committee (Technical Organizations) →	dissolvedWith
Allied Powers of World War I → Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson →	influenced
Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa → Second Italo-Ethiopian War →	involvedOrganization
Japanese occupation of Manchuria → Manchukuo →	notRecognizedBy
Fourth Committee (Political Questions) → Social and Opium Traffic Section →	parentOrganization
UN → United Nations →	predecessor
British Iraq Mandate → Eupen-Malmedy region →	supervisedBy
Advisory Opinion on the Treatment of Polish Nationals in Danzig → President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig →	underAuthorityOf
Haile Selassie speech to League of Nations →	audience
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon →	authorizedBy
Åland Islands →	autonomyRecognizedBy
Advisory Opinion on the Greco-Bulgarian Communities →	bodyRequestedBy
Palais des Nations →	builtFor
Customs Regime between Germany and Austria case ("League of Nations system") →	context
London Economic Conference →	convenedBy
Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig ("League of Nations (under certain conditions)") →	couldBeDissolvedBy
Secretary-General of the League of Nations →	country
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon →	demilitarizationOversightBy
Simele massacre ("League of Nations reports") →	documentedBy
Ludwik Rajchman →	employedBy
Covenant of the League of Nations →	established
Permanent Court of International Justice →	establishedBy
Treaty of Versailles →	establishedOrganization
Upper Silesia plebiscite →	finalDecisionBy
Commission on the League of Nations →	followedBy
Woodrow Wilson ("League of Nations (advocated creation)") →	founded
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees →	foundedBy
Free City of Danzig →	hadMinorityTreatyWith
Chorzów Factory case →	hasJurisdiction
Fifth Committee (Social and General Questions) →	hasParentOrganization
United Nations Archives Geneva →	holdsArchivesOf
Advisory Opinion on the Greco-Bulgarian Communities ("League of Nations system") →	influencedBy
Winter War ("League of Nations expelled the Soviet Union") →	internationalReaction
Third Committee (Reduction of Armaments) ("League of Nations disarmament machinery") →	isPartOf
Nansen passport →	issuedBy
Advisory Opinion on Minority Schools in Albania ("League of Nations framework") →	issuedUnder
Ethiopian Empire →	joinedOrganization
Credentials Committee →	jurisdiction
Trust Territory of Togoland under French administration →	mandatedBy
Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration →	mandateFrom
Corfu incident →	mediatedBy
Commission on the League of Nations →	namedAfter
Geneva Protocol →	negotiatedUnder
Palais des Nations ("League of Nations (historical)") →	occupant
Second Committee (Technical Organizations) →	operatedBy
World War I →	organizationCreated
London Economic Conference →	organizedBy
Geneva Naval Conference →	organizer
Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig →	oversightBy
Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig ("League of Nations mandate") →	politicalContext
Finnish Air Force →	previousAllegiance
Saipan ("League of Nations South Seas Mandate") →	previouslyAdministeredBy
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points →	proposedCreationOf
Lytton Commission report →	publisher
Customs Regime between Germany and Austria case →	relatedInstitution
Mukden Incident →	relatedOrganization
United Nations →	replaced
British Mandate for Palestine →	sanctionedBy
Second Italo-Ethiopian War ("League of Nations sanctions on Italy") →	significantEvent
Interwar period →	significantOrganization
Free City of Danzig →	sovereigntyRecognizedBy
Lytton Commission report ("League of Nations diplomacy") →	subject
Second Committee (Technical Organizations) ("League of Nations Health Organization") →	supervised
Free City of Danzig →	underProtectionOf
Palais des Nations ("League of Nations headquarters") →	use