The League of Nations' Structures

In 1920, the League of Nations had 48 members and in 1929, it had 54. The League itself consisted of the Assembly, the Council, and the Secretariat. It also consisted of the Permanent Court of Justice, the Agencies, and The International Labor Organization. The Permanent Court of International Justice and the International Labor Organization were independent of the league, but coordinated their actions with it. This peacekeeping system was designed with the idea that member states would accept the legal settlement of their disputes and that those who failed to do so would suffer the sanctions levied by the rest of the league community.

The Council consisted of six permanent members--the six Great Powers (Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Japan and Germany) --and some temporary elected members. The Council was like the Executive Body; it supervised the general workings of the League, and convened both regular and special sessions of the Assembly. It could organize sanctions against an ...