GCSE History - League of Nations

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  • League of Nations
    • Organisation
      • The Secretariat- did all the administrative tasks for the League
      • The Commissions
        • The Refugees Commission - aimed to return refugees and prisoners of war to their homes
        • The Mandates Commission - controlled Germany's former  colonies
        • The Slavery Commision - worked to abolish slavery
        • The Health Commitee - attempted to deal with disease and to educate people about health and sanitation
      • The Permanent Court of International Justice -  Based at the The Hague, was made up of judges from member countries. The court could SETTLE BORDER DISPUTES. Also gave legal advice to the League.
      • The Council-   met 5 times a year. it had permanent members: Britain, France, Italy and Japan. Had any number of temporary members. PERMANENT MEMBERS HAD VETO POWER(*THEY COULD GO AGAINST AN ACT EVEN IF ALL OTHER MEMBERS AGREED*)
        • Council's Powers: Moral Condemnation (they could decide who the 'aggressor' nation was)      Economic Sanctions (League could impose a trade embargo on a country // only applied to League members countries could still trade with those outside the League)
      • The Assembly - Was the League's Parliament. Assembly  met once a year. ALL DECISIONS HAD TO BE UNANIMOUS
      • The International Labour   Organisation  (ILO) - brought together representatives from different trades to see what could be improved - aimed to improve working conditions
    • Weaknesses
      • Inefficient Structure
    • Strengths
    • Aims
      • Cooperation - countries should benefit from free trade and work together for peace and justice. International law should settle disputes
      • Improve Lives -Try to improve working and living conditions, tried to stop spread of diseases.
      • Enforce the Treaty of Versailles-  League held responsiblilty for monitoring and implementing the terms of the Treaty.
      • Discourage Aggression - LofN encouraged nations to discuss problems. Collective Security
      • Disarmament-  Nations would work towards destroying their own weapons resulting in world peace.
  • Rise in fascist powers
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