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League of Nations

20th-century international organisation, predecessor to the United Nations

Organizationintergovernmental organization international organizationQ38130

Also known as LR

Founded: 1919
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1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica“League of Nations”britannica.com/topic/League-of-NationsRetrieved 2020-09-14
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Headquarters: Palais Wilson(1920–1936)
, Palace of Nations(since 1936)
Country: Switzerland
Chair: Eric Drummond, 16th Earl of Perth(1920–1933)
, Joseph Louis Anne Avenol(1933–1940)
, Seán Lester(1940–1946)

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The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. The main organisation ceased operations on 18 April 1946 when many of its components were relocated into the new United Nations (UN) which was created in the aftermath of the Second World War. The League of Nations was the precursor organisation to the United Nations.

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128 statements · 13% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Dissolved: April 20, 1946
April 18, 1946
Replaced by: United Nations
Short name: LN
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國聯 hanyu pinyin transliteration: Guólián
国联 hanyu pinyin transliteration: Guólián
國聯 jyutping transliteration: Gwok3 lyun4
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SDN
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Official name: League of Nations
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1.treaties.un.org/pages/lononline.aspx?clang=_en
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Société des Nations
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1.treaties.un.org/pages/lononline.aspx?clang=_fr
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Members / parts: League of Nations Treaty Series
League of Nations assembly
Council of the League of Nations
League of Nations Permanent Secretariat
Nominations: Nobel Peace Prize(1925)
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1.Stated in nobelprize.org
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Official language: English
French
Spanish
Position held by head of the organization: Secretary-General of the League of Nations
General secretary: Eric Drummond, 16th Earl of Perth(until 1933)
Joseph Louis Anne Avenol(1933–1940)
Seán Lester(since 1940)
Archives at: La contemporaine
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1.calames.abes.fr/pub/lacontemporaine.aspx#details?id=FileId-1015Retrieved 2020-04-06
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Different from: Commonwealth of Nations
Industry: activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
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1.Stated in 20th Century Press ArchivesRetrieved 2021-07-20
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Child organization or unit: Women's Advisory Council, League of Nations
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1.Stated in Women: A Modern Political Dictionary
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Permanent Court of International Justice
International Labour Organization
Political ideology: internationalism

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