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“The High Contracting Parties,
In order to promote international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security by the
acceptance of obligations not to resort to war, by the prescription of open, just and honourable
relations between nations, by the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as
the actual rule of conduct among Governments, and by the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous
respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organised peoples with one another;
Agree to this Covenant of the League of Nations.'” (Covenant of the League of Nations, preamble.
1919)
That is what the preamble of the Covenant of the League of Nations declares and here the
main aims of this international institution, that was founded after the slaughters and fights of the
First World War through the initiative of the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, can
be seen. With creating this institution peace should be secured and furthermore it was “entrusted to
the League the tasks of preventing disease and of fighting the evils of slavery, drug trafficking and
prostitution.” (Scott, 1973, p.15) So the League of Nations did not only have political but also
social aims. Another goal that cannot be neglected is the international disarmament as an essential
measure for world peace. As you can see these intentions are very ambitious for an international
institution that is the first one of its dimension. With introducing the League of Nations
international politics should no longer be a product of alliances, that are bargained behind closed
doors. Rather should international politics be a product of fair negotiations in an international
institution so that everyone can follow them.
With all these aims a lot of people all over the world put their hopes and trust in the League of
Nations because there were many places of conflicts all over the world in this time. However, as we
already know how history went on we can state that the League of Nations failed in achieving its
main aim, it could not prevent the Second World War. Though one cannot say that the League of
Nations constantly failed because there were also some conflicts that the League managed to solve.
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- Felix Wiebrecht (Author), 2012, Was the League of Nations successful in achieving its aims?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/206032
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