AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Question
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Settle international disputes
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Preparing the agenda for the Council and Assembly
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Design rule on disputes and disagreements between members of the League
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Council’s main function was to settle international disputes. The numbers of permanent and non-permanent members varied. Council meetings were held in ordinary session four times a year and as often as needed in extraordinary sessions.
Detailed explanation-2: -The League’s primary goals were stated in its Covenant. They included preventing wars through collective security and disarmament and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration.
Detailed explanation-3: -In addition to territorial disputes, the League also tried to intervene in other conflicts between and within nations. Among its successes were its fight against the international trade in opium and sexual slavery and its work to alleviate the plight of refugees, particularly in Turkey in the period up to 1926.
Detailed explanation-4: -Articles 2–5 created the directing organs of the League: an Assembly composed of representatives of all members and a Council composed of representatives of the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan as permanent members, with four others elected by the Assembly.