Second Committee (Technical Organizations)

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The Second Committee (Technical Organizations) was a specialized body of the League of Nations Assembly responsible for overseeing and coordinating the work of the League’s technical and expert organizations in areas such as health, communications, and economic cooperation.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations Assembly committee
specialized body
aimedAt facilitating international communications
improving international public health
promoting economic collaboration among states
basedIn Geneva
composition delegates of League of Nations member states
coordinatedWith Council of the League of Nations
Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations
surface form: Secretariat of the League of Nations
country Switzerland
dissolvedWith League of Nations
existedDuring interwar period
fieldOfWork economic cooperation
international communications
international health
social and humanitarian issues
technical cooperation
function budgetary and administrative oversight of technical bodies
coordination of inter-organizational activities
recommendation of policies to the Assembly
review of reports from technical organizations
hadAuthorityOver League expert organizations
League technical organs
hasRole coordination of technical organizations
oversight of technical organizations
policy guidance for expert bodies
influenced early structures of United Nations technical agencies
operatedBy League of Nations
partOf Assembly of the League of Nations
relatedTo International Civil Aviation Organization
International Telecommunication Union
United Nations Economic and Social Council
World Health Organization
reportedTo Assembly of the League of Nations
scope multilateral
supervised International Labour Organization
League of Nations
surface form: League of Nations Health Organization

communications and transit bodies of the League of Nations
economic and financial organizations of the League of Nations
various expert committees and commissions
typeOfJurisdiction international organization body
usedLanguage English
French

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Assembly of the League of Nations hasCommittee Second Committee (Technical Organizations)