League of Nations

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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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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

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Joseph Avenol employer League of Nations
Eric Drummond employer League of Nations
Saipan previouslyAdministeredBy League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations South Seas Mandate
Carlo Broggi employer League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations (as project architect for headquarters)
Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig politicalContext League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations mandate
Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig couldBeDissolvedBy League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations (under certain conditions)
Chorzów Factory case hasJurisdiction League of Nations
Customs Regime between Germany and Austria case context League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations system
Advisory Opinion on the Treatment of Polish Nationals in Danzig relatedTo League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations minority protection system
Advisory Opinion on the Greco-Bulgarian Communities influencedBy League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations system
Advisory Opinion on Minority Schools in Albania issuedUnder League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations framework
Little Entente relatedTo League of Nations
Advisory Opinion on the Interpretation of the Greco-Turkish Agreement of 1 December 1926 relatedTo League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations system of dispute settlement
Corfu incident mediatedBy League of Nations
Simele massacre documentedBy League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations reports
Camille Lefèvre use League of Nations
subject surface form: Palais des Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations headquarters
League of Nations Assembly partOf League of Nations
social and opium traffic section parentOrganization League of Nations
subject surface form: Social and Opium Traffic Section
Salvador de Madariaga employer League of Nations
Ludwik Rajchman employedBy League of Nations
Eupen-Malmedy region supervisedBy League of Nations
Ethiopian Empire joinedOrganization League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (indirectly) proposedCreationOf League of Nations
subject surface form: Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations appliesToJurisdiction League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations member states
Mukden Incident relatedOrganization League of Nations
Inazo Nitobe employer League of Nations
Léon Bourgeois memberOf League of Nations
Lytton Commission report publisher League of Nations
Lytton Commission report subject League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations diplomacy
British Iraq Mandate supervisedBy League of Nations
IIA memberOf League of Nations
subject surface form: International Institute of Agriculture
this entity surface form: League of Nations system