These four Members of the League shall be selected by the Assembly from time to time in its discretion. The Council shall consist of Representatives of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, together with Representatives of four other Members of the League. At meetings of the Assembly each Member of the League shall have one vote, and may have not more than three Representatives. The Assembly may deal at its meetings with any matter within the sphere of action of the League or affecting the peace of the world. The Assembly shall meet at stated intervals and from time to time as occasion may require at the Seat of the League or at such other place as may be decided upon. The Assembly shall consist of Representatives of the Members of the League. The action of the League under this Covenant shall be effected through the instrumentality of an Assembly and of a Council, with a permanent Secretariat. Notice thereof shall be sent to all other Members of the League.Īny fully self-governing State, Dominion or Colony not named in the Annex may become a Member of the League if its admission is agreed to by two-thirds of the Assembly, provided that it shall give effective guarantees of its sincere intention to observe its international obligations, and shall accept such regulations as may be prescribed by the League in regard to its military, naval and air forces and armaments.Īny Member of the League may, after two years' notice of its intention so to do, withdraw from the League, provided that all its international obligations and all its obligations under this Covenant shall have been fulfilled at the time of its withdrawal. Such accession shall be effected by a Declaration deposited with the Secretariat within two months of the coming into force of the Covenant.
The original Members of the League of Nations shall be those of the Signatories which are named in the Annex to this Covenant and also such of those other States named in the Annex as shall accede without reservation to this Covenant. In order to promote international co-operation and to achieve international peace and securityīy the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war,īy the prescription of open, just and honourable relations between nations,īy the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as the actual rule of conduct among Governments, andīy the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organised peoples with one another,Īgree to this Covenant of the League of Nations. Part I: THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
The Peace Treaty of Versailles, signed June 28, 1919
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