the strengths and weaknesses of the League’s structure?

• Strengths:

  Assembly:

  > Every country had an equal vote and in order to pass a vote the decision had to be unanimous- every country had to agree.
• Strengths:

  Council:

  > This Council met more frequently as the assembly was too large to react quickly in an emergency.
• Strengths:

  Council:

  > Most powerful body of the League. It consisted of four permanent members (Britain, France, Italy and Japan) .
• Weaknesses:

  Assembly:

  > In the Assembly, every member could send representatives which met once a year to discuss and vote on matters. This meant decision making was slow and inefficient.
• Weaknesses:

  Council:

  > The Council had the power of a veto: it could stop a ruling with its vote. Even if the assembly did manage to make a unanimous ruling, the Council could stop it.
• Weaknesses:

  Council:

  > Britain, France, Italy and Japan had too much power over the League’s decisions and they could follow their own needs, rather than the needs of the League.