The League of Nations - Successes
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- Created on: 14-04-13 18:04
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- Successes
- The Aaland Islands 1921
- Islands that lay between Finland and Sweeden. Both countries claimed them
- What happened?
- They went to The League who decided they should go to Finland. Both sides accepted the decision peacefully
- Upper Silesia 1921
- This was an area that lay on the border between Germany and Poland
- It was an industrial area with both Germans and Poles in it. Before 1919 it belonged to Germany
- What happened?
- The league held a vote and British and French troops kept order while it was held
- The land was split with the industrial part going to Germany and the rural part going to Poland. Both countries accepted their bits
- The league held a vote and British and French troops kept order while it was held
- This was an area that lay on the border between Germany and Poland
- International Cooperation
- Refugees
- 400,000 were returned to their homes after the war
- Working conditions
- Working hours were limited for children and adults
- Lead was removed from paint
- Health committee
- Worked to try and defeat leprocy
- Global campaing to exterminate mosquitoes which greatly reduced cases of malaria and yellow fever
- Transport
- Produced an international highway code
- Social problems
- Blacklisted four large companies involved in illegal drugs trade
- 200,000 slaves were freed in Sierra Leone
- Refugees
- No major waruntil 1930's
- The Aaland Islands 1921
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