Covenant of the League of Nations (Q1769635)

Article 22 / To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be under the sovereignty of the States which formerly governed them and which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world, there should be applied the principle that the well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilisation and that securities for the performance of this trust should be embodied in this Covenant. (English)

stated in

Forms of modern imperialism in international law

Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) (bibliographic)

2010048529

quotation

p.30 / In the ... One still finds a highly typical relic [Rest] of this distinction between civilized, uncivilized and half-civilized peoples in the Covenant of the Geneva League of Nations from 1919, Article 22, in the rules governing mandates, that is, where the victors [in the First World War] take as spoils previously Turkish regions and the German colonies. (English)

Monroe Doctrine

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Library of Congress Classification

JZ1482

reference URL

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Covenant_of_the_League_of_Nations#Article_21

quotation

Article 21 / Nothing in this Covenant shall be deemed to affect the validity of international engagements, such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace. (English)

stated in

Forms of modern imperialism in international law

Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) (bibliographic)

2010048529

quotation

p.34 / With the ... A very interesting symptom of this recognition is Article 21 of the Geneva League of Nations Covenant. There it is expressly stated that the Monroe Doctrine does not stand in contradiction to the Covenant of the League of Nations. (3) (English)

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Library of Congress Classification

JZ4872-JZ4934

subject named as

The Covenant of the League of Nations

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alternative name

Political Science--International relations--International organizations and associations--Intergovernmental organizations. IGOs--Universal--League of Nations--The Covenant of the League of Nations

Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID

topic/Covenant-of-the-League-of-Nations

subject named as

Covenant of the League of Nations

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28 October 2013