structure

• what were the aims of the league

  • achieve international peace and security
  • promote international trade and business
  • encourage disarmament
  • improve living and working conditions
  • enforce treaty of versailles
• what is collective security


  maintaining peace through moral disapproval, economic sanctions and military sanctions (league didn't have an army)
• the assembly

  • met once a year
  • all members were represented
  • decisions unanimous
  • one vote per member
  • recommended action to council
  • controlled budget
• the council

  • met 4 times a year and for emergencies
  • permanent + non-permanent members
  • P: Britain, France, Italy, Japan (Germany in 1926)
  • NP: elected for 3 year periods
  • decisions unanimous
  • one vote per country
• the secretariat

  • administrative + financial work
  • conferences, meetings, reports, etc