The League of Nations was the first permanent international organisation created to maintain world peace, established after the First World War under the Covenant attached to the Treaty of Versailles. Headquartered at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, it had no armed force of its own and depended on member states to enforce its decisions, and it failed to prevent the aggressions of the 1930s that led to the Second World War. It formally ceased to exist on 20 April 1946, transferring its assets to the newly founded United Nations, whose Charter was shaped directly by the lessons of its predecessor's failure.
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Founded Year Founded Date HeadquartersGeneva, Switzerland (Palais des Nations) 1 Classification
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The League of Nations was established in the treaty's opening articles (the League of Nations Covenant).
Source Treaty of Versailles (Wikipedia)
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The League of Nations is the direct institutional predecessor of the United Nations; it transferred its assets to the UN on its dissolution on 20 April 1946, and the UN Charter was shaped by the lessons of the League's failure to prevent the Second World War.
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The League of Nations was the first permanent international organisation created to maintain world peace, established after the First World War under the Covenant attached to the Treaty of Versailles.
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He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonian idealism.
United Nations Office at Geneva: League of Nations overview
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The League of Nations (1920-1946) was the first intergovernmental organization established “to promote international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security”. It is often referred to as the “predecessor” of the United Nations.
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