Organisation of the League of Nations
Main three parts of the League, their purposes and the weaknesses of the organisation of the League
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- League of Nations
- Weaknesses of the League's Organisation
- League was not fully supported as it was based on enforcing the Treaty of Versailles
- Germany hated the Treaty; Japan and Italy disliked parts
- Did not have many ways to enforce their rules
- Had no army
- Only 'weapons' were economic sanctions and moral condemnation
- Struggled to make decisions
- All decisions had to be unanimous
- All permanent members had a veto
- Not all powerful countries were members
- Congress never voted to join, even though US President Wilson wanted a League
- Ran on very little money
- Ran on just over $4 million a year
- League was not fully supported as it was based on enforcing the Treaty of Versailles
- League Agencies
- International Labour Organisation
- Gave conventions to international governments
- Fought over issues about hours of work, female rights and the ending of child labour
- Restricted lead being added to paint
- Restricted child working hours to 8 hours in properly ventilated rooms in the Persian carpet industry
- Slavery Commission
- Ended slavery in the mandates
- Aimed to eradicate slavery and forced prostitution
- Made Abyssinia end slavery as a condition for League membership
- Helped many countries in Asia and the Middle East abolish slavery
- Commission for Refugees
- Oversaw the return of refugees to their home and resettlement where necessary
- Helped 425,000 people return home after WW1
- Set up camps, taught refugees new skills and gave them a Nansen passport as a form of ID
- Led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen
- The Health Organisation
- Provided countries outside the League with information on public health
- Reduced leprosy, malaria and yellow fever
- Helped the USSR in a typhus epidemic in the 1920s
- Developed vaccines for tetanus and tuberculosis
- International Labour Organisation
- Organisation
- Secretariat
- Administration numbering 700 officials
- Worked all year round
- Carried out the Council's decisions
- Assembly
- Met once a year
- Each member had one vote in the Assembly
- Admitted new members and temporary Council members
- Assembly meetings were broadcast internationally
- Meant to put moral pressure on world leaders
- Council
- Made decisions and took action based on a unanimous decision
- Met four times a year, more often in crises
- Included permanent and non-permanent members
- Original permanent members were Britain, France, Italy and Japan
- Secretariat
- Weaknesses of the League's Organisation
- Weaknesses of the League's Organisation
- League was not fully supported as it was based on enforcing the Treaty of Versailles
- Germany hated the Treaty; Japan and Italy disliked parts
- Did not have many ways to enforce their rules
- Had no army
- Only 'weapons' were economic sanctions and moral condemnation
- Struggled to make decisions
- All decisions had to be unanimous
- All permanent members had a veto
- Not all powerful countries were members
- Congress never voted to join, even though US President Wilson wanted a League
- Ran on very little money
- Ran on just over $4 million a year
- League was not fully supported as it was based on enforcing the Treaty of Versailles
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