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Description:
The
Covenant of the League of Nations
is the
charter
of the
League of Nations
.
Creation
Early drafts for a possible League of Nations began even before the end of the
First World War
. A
London
-based study group led by
James Bryce
and
G. Lowes Dickinson
made proposals adopted by the British League of Nations Society, founded in 1915. Another group in the United States—which included
Hamilton Holt
and
William B. Howland
at the
Century Association
in
New York City
—had their own plan. This plan was largely supported by the
League to Enforce Peace
, an organization led by former
U.S. President
William Howard Taft
. In December 1916, Lord
Robert Cecil
suggested that an official committee be set up to draft a covenant for a future league. The British committee was finally appointed in February 1918; it was led by
Walter Phillimore
(and became known as the Phillimore Committee) but also included
Eyre Crowe
,
William Tyrrell
, and
Cecil Hurst
. U.S. President
Woodrow Wilson
was not impressed with the Phillimore Committee′s report, and would eventually produce three draft covenants of his own with help from his friend
Colonel House
. Further suggestions were made by
Jan Christian Smuts
in December 1918.
At the
Paris Peace Conference
in 1919, a commission was appointed to agree on a covenant. Members included Woodrow...
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