League of Nations

international organization established after World War l to create world peace and cooperation, forerunner of the United Nations (1920 - 1938)

The League of Nations was an international organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference in 1919–1920. The League's goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through negotiation, diplomacy and improving global welfare. The diplomatic philosophy behind the League represented a fundamental shift in thought from the preceding hundred years. The League lacked an armed force of its own and so depended on the Great Powers to enforce its resolutions, keep to economic sanctions which the League ordered, or provide an army, when needed, for the League to use. However, they were often very reluctant to do so. Benito Mussolini stated that "The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out."
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Noun
1. an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless; it was dissolved in 1946 after the United Nations was formed
(hypernym) world organization, world organisation, international organization, international organisation, global organization

n. สันนิบาตชาติ (ตั้งขึ้นตามสนธิสัญญาแวร์ซายในปี ค.ศ. 1920 และสลายตัวในเดือนเมษายนของปี ค.ศ. 1946)