League of Nations - Formation

The League of Nations was set up by the Treaty of [blank_start]Versailles[blank_end]. The League was Wilson's dream for a [blank_start]new world order[blank_end] - a new way of conducting foreign affairs that would abolish [blank_start]war[blank_end] and keep the world safe, but less than a quarter of a century later Wilson's dream lay in ruins. Its aims to stop wars to encourage [blank_start]disarmament[blank_end] to make the world a better place by improving people's working conditions and by tackling disease Its organisation an [blank_start]assembly[blank_end], which met once a year a council, which met more [blank_start]regularly[blank_end] to consider crises a small secretariat to handle the paperwork a Court of International [blank_start]Justice[blank_end] a number of committees such as the International Labour Organisation and the Health Committee to carry out its [blank_start]humanitarian[blank_end] work Its main strengths (in theory) set up by the Treaty of Versailles, which every nation had signed. [blank_start]58[blank_end] nations as members by the 1930s. to enforce its will, it could offer [blank_start]arbitration[blank_end] through the Court of International Justice, or apply trade [blank_start]sanctions[blank_end] against countries that went to war. Its main weaknesses (In practice!) set up by the Treaty of Versailles (which every nation hated) aims were too [blank_start]ambitious[blank_end] [blank_start]Germany[blank_end], Russia and the USA were not members no army organisation was [blank_start]cumbersome[blank_end] decisions had to be [blank_start]unanimous[blank_end]