Question- Write a short note on the Success of the League of Nations.

Answer -

Members of the League of Nations were expected to respect all other nation-states' territorial integrity and sovereignty and to disavow the use of military force as a means of resolving foreign conflicts.

The League sought to settle territorial disputes peacefully and was highly successful in some situations.

Some notable successes of the League include:

1. Negotiating a diplomatic settlement between Iraq and Turkey over Mosul province in 1926.
2. Successfully mediating a resolution to the border dispute between Colombia and Peru in the early 1930s.
3. Resolving the Swedish-Finnish conflict over the Aland Islands (1920-21).
4. Maintaining Albania’s stability (1921).
5. Saving Austria from economic ruin.
6. Resolving the partition of Upper Silesia (1922).
7. Avoiding the outbreak of war between Greece and Bulgaria (1925) in the BalkAnswer

The League also extended substantial assistance to refugees.

• It helped eradicate white slavery and drug trafficking.
• It was very active in humanitarian efforts in the 1920s, bringing half a million POWs (prisoners of war) home.
• It aided Turkish refugees and targeted slave dealers and opium traffickers.
• It sponsored leprosy and malaria initiatives.

Additionally, the League did groundbreaking research in health surveys.

• It extended financial assistance to vulnerable states.
• It furthered foreign cooperation in labor relations and many other fields.

1935 the League ended its effective 15-year Saar region administration by holding a plebiscite under the command of a foreign military power.

It has also been very active in settling border conflicts—for example, it resolved a dispute over the Aaland Islands between Sweden and Finland and stopped a war between Greece and Bulgaria.

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