The Formation, Organisation and Membership of the League of Nation Flashcards
All countries joining the League had to agree to 26 rules what were they called?
Covenant
Which section of the League met once a year and had to make unanimous decisions?
Assembly
Each member of the Council had the power to stop a decision. What was this called?
Veto
What did article 10 of the covenant describe?
Collective security
Where was the headquarters of the League of Nations?
Geneva, Switzerland
Name the 4 permanent members of the Council
Britain, France, Japan and Italy
What part of the League kept records, prepared reports and translated?
Secretariat
The Permanent Court of International Justice, based in Hague, Amsterdam, Netherlands, was intended to settle disputes between
countries and provide advice to the council and assembly. How many judges did it have?
15
How many members were in the League to start with?
42
How many prisoners of war returned home through the Refugee Commission?
400,000
Why was the Secretariat always understaffed?
Due to the staff having a requirement to bilingual
Slavery Commission?
Aimed to end slavery. During the 1920s, the league set free 200,000 slaves from Sierra Leone.
What countries did not join the League of Nations initially?
- USA (Congress had voted to take a stance of isolationism due to not wanting to interfere in European affairs and risk intervening in a another costly European war.)
- USSR (she was a communist country, Britain and France believed allowing her to join would lead to the other members of the League being influenced by her communist ideologies)
- Germany (the League was considered a league of winners, as Germany had lost the war, she was initially banned from joining)
Which country was finally allowed to join the League in 1926 after signing the Locarno
Treaty in 1925?
Germany
What country was not allowed to join the League until 1934 because of a fear of
communism?
USSR
