Forming the League of Nations

The League of Nations was formed based on Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and aimed to maintain peace and encourage cooperation.

The League had Two Main Aims

• Maintain Peace

  • Disarmament

  • Arbitration

  • Collective Security

• Encourage Cooperation

  • Solve economic and social problems

The League was made up of Various Parts

• Covenant (Agreement) of 26 Articles

  • Articles 1-7: Structure of the League

    • The Assembly

    • International Labour Organisation

    • The Council

    • The Permanent Court of International Justice

    • The Secretariat

• Membership

  • 42 countries joined initially

  • Around 60 countries were members in the 1930s

The League was intended to Police The World

• Moral Guidelines

• Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ)

  • Tell a country it was wrong

  • Impose sanctions

• Collective Security

  • Attack against one country is an attack against all

  • Use armies of member nations against aggressors

Comment and Analysis

• The League aimed to prevent major wars and resolve disputes through peaceful means.

• The absence of a standing army was compensated by the concept of collective security.