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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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

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Geneva Protocol negotiatedUnder League of Nations
Geneva Naval Conference organizer League of Nations
Hjalmar Branting memberOf League of Nations
Édouard Herriot advocated League of Nations
Kingdom of Iraq memberOf League of Nations
Tanganyika mandateFrom League of Nations
After the Deluge mainSubject League of Nations
International Government relatedTo League of Nations
World War I diplomacy createsOrganization League of Nations
The Woodrow Wilson Memorial in Geneva theme League of Nations
subject surface form: Woodrow Wilson Memorial in Geneva
The Woodrow Wilson Memorial in Geneva associatedWith League of Nations
subject surface form: Woodrow Wilson Memorial in Geneva
Conference of Ambassadors coexistsWith League of Nations
South Seas Mandate createdBy League of Nations
Silesian Uprisings oversightBy League of Nations
The War and the Way Out about League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations (conceptual precursors)
Third Silesian Uprising relatedTo League of Nations
World War II diplomacy hasKeyActor League of Nations
European state system shapedBy League of Nations
UNOG associatedWith League of Nations
Vredespaleis associatedWith League of Nations
Rif Republic notRecognizedBy League of Nations
Aleksander Skrzyński participatedIn League of Nations
this entity surface form: League of Nations diplomacy
Mandatory Palestine establishedBy League of Nations
Deskaheh presentedTo League of Nations
Baron Drummond of Stobhall employer League of Nations
subject surface form: Eric Drummond, 1st Baron Drummond of Stobhall
Versailles system includesInstitution League of Nations
John Hessin Clarke (as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States) advocatedFor League of Nations
subject surface form: John Hessin Clarke
Mandated Islands mandatedBy League of Nations
Avenol employer League of Nations
subject surface form: Joseph Avenol
S.S. Wimbledon relatedTo League of Nations
Japanese South Pacific Mandate grantedBy League of Nations
Gabriela Mistral employer League of Nations
Sir Eric Drummond employer League of Nations
First Czechoslovak Republic memberOf League of Nations
Anglo-Iraqi Treaty 1930 relatedTo League of Nations
subject surface form: Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930