Successes and Failure of Commisions Flashcards
What are examples of successes and failures of the Commsion for Refugees?
Successes:
1921 - Helped free around 427,000 out of 500,000 prisoners of war from the First World War.
1917 - 1.5 million people fled to Russia to refugee camps and helped them find homes.
1922 - Turkey clashed with Greece and the violence forced people to flee refugee camps. The League of Nations set up doctors to help treat diseases such as cholera and small pox.
Failures:
1933 - Germany rejected the proposal to appoint a High Commisioner for refugees. A commisioner was appointed, but with less power.
What are examples of successes and failures of the Organisation for Coommunications and Transport?
Aims: regulated transport developed during the war to keep people safe.
Successes:
Introduced shipping lanes which prevented collisions.
Produced an international highway code which meant that car drivers followed the same traffic rules.
What are examples of the successes and failures of the Permanent Central Opium Board?
Successes:
Introduced a system where companies had to have a certificate to say they were allowed to import opium for medicinal purposes.
Blacklisted 4 large countries involved in trading illegal drugs.
Failures:
Key members of the League of Nations were not dedicated to stopping the sale of opium as they got money off it.
What are examples of the successes and failures of the International Labour Organisation?
Aims: to improve working conditions.
Successes:
1922 - Recommended banning the use of white lead in paint as it is poisonous.
1930 - Helped Greece set up social insurance.
1928 - 77 countries agreed to set a minimum wage.
Challenged bad working conditions on railways, reducing deaths of slaves to 4%.
Failures:
1919 - Attempted stopping children under 14 from working. This was denied at it would have cost too much.
1935 - Suggested working day to be limited. This was denied as it would have cost too most and was described as “industrial suicide”.
What are examples of successes and failures of the Economic Financial Commitee?
Successes:
Sent financial experts to help Austria and Hungary to not go bankrupt after losing the war.
Developed codes for importing and exporting.
Failures:
Commsion was unable to cope after the global depression in 1929.
What are examples of successes and failures of the Health Commission?
Successes:
Started an international campaign of mosquitoes, stopping the spread of malaria and yellow fever.
Organised an education program, teaching people about the disease typhus and how it was spread.
Sent doctors to look after refugees in Turkey and helped improve living conditions in refugee camps.
What are examples of successes and failures of the Slavery Comittee?
Successes:
Organised raids on the camps of slave traders in Sierra Leone, setting 200,000 free.
