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TOPIC 3: The League of Nations
Origins
- The $14^{\text {th }}$ point of Woodrow Wilson's 14 points talks of the formation of an international organization which will be responsible for peace, independence of nations and good international relations. This idea was supported by Jan Smuts (South Africa), Leon Bourgeois (France), Clemenceau (France), Lloyd George (Britain) Lord Robert Cecil (Britain), Sir Edward Grey (Britain), Ikhali Inaki (Japan) and Venizelos (Greece). The clause setting the League of Nations was included in all peace treaties after the First World War. The league was set up in 1920 with signatures from 42 countries. Its headquarters were in Geneva, Switzerland. However, the USA did not join the League of Nations because its congress did not ratify the League constitution. The aims of the League, rules of membership and procedures were all contained in a document called the covenant which was kept at the headquarters. League members met annually to discuss any matters within the sphere of action of the League or affecting world peace.
Aims of the League of Nations
- To reduce armaments to the level of defense only.
- To protect member states from aggression.
- To settle disputes by arbitration
- To protect newly created nations e.g. Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Poland from aggression.
- To prevent another major war.
- To promote health of mankind.
- To prevent secret diplomacy.
- To control drug trafficking
- To safeguard rights of refugees.
- To supervise administration of mandated territories.
- To reduce diseases, poverty and injustices in the world.
- To bring war to end in the event that it has started.
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