Commission on the League of Nations

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The Commission on the League of Nations was a body established during the 1919 Paris Peace Conference to design the structure, principles, and founding charter of the League of Nations.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf advisory body
international commission
organ of the Paris Peace Conference
appliesTo Covenant of the League of Nations
appliesToJurisdiction All member states of the League of Nations
chairperson Woodrow Wilson
composition representatives of several smaller powers
representatives of the principal Allied and Associated Powers
country multinational
dissolved 1919
after adoption of the Covenant of the League of Nations
fieldOfWork collective security
international law
international organization design
peacekeeping
followedBy League of Nations
hasMainTask advise the Paris Peace Conference on the creation of the League of Nations
design the structure of the League of Nations
draft the Covenant of the League of Nations
formulate the principles of the League of Nations
prepare the founding charter of the League of Nations
hasMember Edward M. House
Georges Clemenceau
Jan Smuts
Léon Bourgeois
Makino Nobuaki NERFINISHED
Paul Hymans
Robert Cecil
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Wellington Koo
Woodrow Wilson
other delegates of the Allied and Associated Powers
hasNumberOfMembers about 19 members
history created at the initiative of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson
its draft Covenant was incorporated into the Treaty of Versailles
its work laid the institutional foundations of the League of Nations
worked in parallel with other commissions of the Paris Peace Conference
inception 1919
January 1919
language English
French
legislativeBody Paris Peace Conference plenary sessions
location Paris
namedAfter League of Nations
partOf Paris Peace Conference
producedWork draft Covenant of the League of Nations
final text of the Covenant of the League of Nations
significantEvent first meeting in Paris in 1919
presentation of draft Covenant to the Paris Peace Conference
revision of the Covenant text after comments from delegations

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye ("League of Nations minority protection obligations")
created
Covenant of the League of Nations
draftedBy

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