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Aims of the league

  • To stop wars.
  • To encourage disarmament.
  • To make the world a better place by improving people's working conditions and by tackling disease.
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Organisation of the league

  • An assembly, which met once a year.
  • A council, which met more regularly to consider crises.
  • A small secretariat to handle the paperwork.
  • A Court of International Justice.
  • A number of committees such as the International Labour Organisation and the Health Committee to carry out its humanitarian work.(http://www.justrememberthepast.com/uploads/3/2/0/1/32010583/687384958.JPG)
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Main strengths of the league

  • It was set up by the Treaty of Versailles, which every nation had signed.
  • It had 58 nations as members by the 1930s.
  • To enforce its will, it could offer arbitration through the Court of International Justice, or apply trade sanctions against countries that went to war.
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main weaknesses

  • It was set up by the Treaty of Versailles (which every nation hated).
  • Its aims were too ambitious.
  • Germany, Russia and the USA were not members.
  • It had no army.
  • Its organisation was cumbersome.
  • Decisions had to be unanimous.
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