WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR I

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Commission/Committee was charged with maintaining Germany’s former colonies?
A
The Refugees Committee
B
The Slavery Commission
C
The Health Committee
D
The Mandates Commission
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Permanent Mandates Commission (PMC) was the commission of the League of Nations responsible for oversight of mandated territories. The commission was established on 1 December 1920 and was headquartered at Geneva.

Detailed explanation-2: -Article 45 of the Charter sets out the mandate of the Commission. The Commission carries out sensitisation, public mobilisation and information dissemination through seminars, symposia, conferences and missions.

Detailed explanation-3: -The mandate system was a compromise between the Allies’ wish to retain the former German and Turkish colonies and their pre-Armistice declaration (November 5, 1918) that annexation of territory was not their aim in the war.

Detailed explanation-4: -Under Article 77 of the Charter, the International Trusteeship System applied to: territories held under mandates established by the League of Nations after the First World War; territories detached from “enemy States” as a result of the Second World War; and.

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