Council of the League of Nations

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decision‑making body executive body principal organ of an international organization

The Council of the League of Nations was the principal executive and decision-making body of the League, composed of major powers and rotating member states to address international disputes and security issues.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Council of the League of Nations canonical 14
League of Nations Council 9
League of Nations Council (in international matters) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf decision‑making body ⓘ
executive body ⓘ
principal organ of an international organization ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction member states of the League of Nations ⓘ
authorizedTo call for armistice or ceasefire ⓘ
investigate any dispute threatening peace ⓘ
recommend economic sanctions ⓘ
refer matters to the Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
compositionIncludes non‑permanent members ⓘ
permanent members ⓘ
convenesBy Secretary-General of the League of Nations ⓘ
surface form: Secretary‑General of the League of Nations
createdBy Covenant of the League of Nations ⓘ
createdByArticle Article 4 of the Covenant of the League of Nations ⓘ
dissolved 1946 ⓘ
hasRole advising the Assembly of the League of Nations ⓘ
maintaining international peace and security ⓘ
overseeing mandates system ⓘ
preparing draft conventions ⓘ
recommending sanctions ⓘ
settling international disputes ⓘ
supervising the application of League of Nations treaties ⓘ
headquartersCountry Switzerland ⓘ
headquartersLocation Geneva ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
inception 1920 ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalForm intergovernmental body ⓘ
meetsAtFrequency several times a year ⓘ
nonPermanentMembersSelectedBy Assembly of the League of Nations ⓘ
notableCase Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
surface form: Abyssinian crisis

Corfu incident ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Manchuria ⓘ
surface form: Manchurian crisis

Upper Silesia plebiscite ⓘ
surface form: Upper Silesia dispute
numberOfNonPermanentMembers initially four ⓘ
later increased ⓘ
partOf League of Nations ⓘ
permanentMember France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
replacedBy United Nations Security Council ⓘ
reportsTo Assembly of the League of Nations ⓘ
significantFor development of collective security ⓘ
precedent for the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
votingSystem majority for procedural questions ⓘ
unanimity rule for substantive decisions ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

League of Nations → hasOrgan → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
Assembly of the League of Nations → relatedTo → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations → appliesToPart → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Council
British Mandate for Palestine → approvedBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
Covenant of the League of Nations → createdBody → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
Edvard Beneš → memberOf → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Council
Second Committee (Technical Organizations) → coordinatedWith → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
Secretary-General of the League of Nations → appointedBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
Secretary-General of the League of Nations → reportsTo → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
Customs Regime between Germany and Austria case → requestedBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
Advisory Opinion on the Nationality Decrees in Tunis and Morocco → requestedBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
League of Nations Assembly → supervises → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Council
social and opium traffic section → reportedTo → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Social and Opium Traffic Section
this entity surface form: League of Nations Council
Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations → appointedBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces → approvedBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
Conference of Ambassadors → replacedBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Council (in many functions)
Mandatory Palestine → mandateConfirmedBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
League of Nations committee structure → usedBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Council
Senate of the Free City of Danzig → subordinateTo → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Council (in international matters)
League of Nations High Commissioner in Danzig → reportsTo → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
League of Nations High Commissioner in Danzig → governingBody → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Council
League of Nations minority treaties → monitoredBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Council
Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice → adoptedBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
League of Nations recognition of Polish administration in Eastern Galicia → madeBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Council
League of Nations records → creator → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Council