The League’s Agencies Flashcards
What was the International Labour organisations’ aims ?
To improve working conditions
What was a success for the International Labour Organisation ?
In the 1920s, the death rate of workers on the Tanganyika railway was educed form 50% to 4%
What was a failure for the International Labour Organisation?
In 1919 most members refused to ban children under 14 from working as they felt it would be too expensive for them for business
What were the aims of the Slavery Commission ?
End slavery
What was a success for the Slavery Commission ?
During the 1920s the League freed 200,000 enslaved people in Sierra Leonne.
What was the aims of the Commission for Refugees ?
Help people who had been homeless by war or had no safe place to live
What was a success for the Commission of Refugees?
Helped free 427,00 of the 500,000 soldiers who were still imprisoned at the end of WW1
What were the aims of the Health organisation?
Cure disease
What were the success of the health organisation?
Sent doctors to help in Turkish refugee camps