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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
League of Nations Council 4

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 (14)

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

Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations → appliesToPart → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Council
Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations → appointedBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
Secretary-General of the League of Nations → appointedBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
British Mandate for Palestine → approvedBy → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
Second Committee (Technical Organizations) → coordinatedWith → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
Covenant of the League of Nations → createdBody → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
League of Nations → hasOrgan → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
Edvard Beneš → memberOf → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Council
Assembly of the League of Nations → relatedTo → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
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
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 ⓘ
League of Nations Assembly → supervises → Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: League of Nations Council