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III. The League of Nations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The Twenty-First Session of the Assembly of the League of Nations met in Geneva from April 8 to April 18, 1946, for the purpose of going out of existence and transferring its responsibilities and assets to the United Nations or other appropriate international bodies. C. J. Hambro of Norway was elected President, two committees were organized to draft the appropriate resolutions, and the Assembly resolved that “so far as required, it will, during the present Session, assume the functions falling within the competence of the Council.” The Assembly then voted to admit the representatives of Austria to sit in on its meetings and those of the two committees as observers, listened to a number of moving tributes to its work from various delegates, and at the Sixth and Seventh Meetings passed the necessary resolutions for the dissolution of the League.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities III. The League of Nations
Information
International Organization , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , February 1947 , pp. 141 - 142
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1947

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References

1 Provisional Record of the Twenty-First Ordinary Session of the Assembly, 5th Meeting, April 12, 1946, Document A/VR/5/1946, p. 2.

2 Ibid., p. 4.

3 Ibid., 6th Meeting, April 18, 1946, Document A/VR/6/1946, p. 6–7.

4 Ibid., 7th Meeting, April 18, 1946, Document A/VR/7/46, p. 4.

5 Ibid., p. 5.

6 Ibid., p. 7. See also AI/P.V. 2/1946, p. 7 and AI/P.V.3/1946, p. 5. Egypt abstained from the vote on the grounds that “Palestine has intellectually, economically, and politically reached a stage where it should no longer continue under mandate.”

7 Ibid., p. 9. See also Committee discussions in AI/P.V./5, 1946.

8 Provisional Record of the Twenty-First Ordinary Session of the Assembly, 5th Meeting, April 12, 1946, Document A/VR/5/1946, p. 10. See also AI/P.V. 6/p. 2–3.

9 AI/P.V.3/1946, p. 2. See this issue, p. 115.

10 A/VR/7/1946, p. 22.

11 A/VR/7/1946, p. 22. As the result of a resolution introduced by Poland and supported by Czechoslovakia and France, it was agreed to make special note of the contribution of the USSR to the war against Fascism, and, since her departure from the League was exceptional, to suggest her participation in sharing the assets. AII/P.V/5. 1946, p. 17, and AII/P.V/9, p. 2.