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General Assembly
Meet Annually
Representative of all member states; each of which
had one vote
Unanimous decisions taken procedure
Functions
To handle the finance of league
To propose revision of peace treaties
The Council
Smaller body of LoN
Meet three time a year
Four permanent members i.e. Britain, France, Italy and Japan
Four non-permanent members elected by assembly for a
period of three years later on it was increased to nine
Unanimous decision mood
Function
To deal with specific disputes
The permanent Court of Intl Justice
(PCIJ)
Headquarter: Hague (Holland)
Fifteen Judges of different
nationalities
Functions
Legal disputes
The Secretariat
Looking after all the paperwork
Preparing agenda
Writing resolutions and reports for
caring out the decisions of the
League
Commission and Committees
To deal with specific problems
Main Commissions
Handled the mandates
Military affairs
Minority groups
disarmament
Committees
Intl Labour
Health
Economic and financial org
Child welfare
Drug problems
Womens rights
Peacekeeping
Collective security against the
violator
Recommended (what effective
military, naval, or air force the
member should contribute to the
armed forces)
How far the LoN was Successful
It was too closely linked with the Versailles Treaties i.e. it was for
the benefit of victorious powers and the inclusions of Germans in
Czechoslovakia and Poland
It was rejected by the US: in march 1920 the US senate rejected
both the Versailles settlement and League
Important powers were not allowed to join LoN i.e.
Britain 1919. Still member in 1939
France 1919..Still member in 1939
Japan 1919.1933 withdrew
Italy 1919...1935
Germany 1926..1933withdrew
USSR 1934 expelled in 1939
USA . Never joined
In 1920 the League supported Lithuanian claim to Vilna,
which had been seized from Poland, but in Conference of
Ambassadors the decision were given in favor of Poland so it
was awarded to her.
Corfu Incident (1923) a boundary dispute between Greece and
Albania .
Weaknesses in the Covenant:
Difficult to take unanimous decision against the great powers
No military force of its own.
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