POLAND’S MEMBERSHIP IN THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS – LEGAL ASPECTS
Anna Przyborowska-Klimczak
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9670-4103
Abstract
Poland belonged to the original members of the League of Nations, organization that began its activity a hundred years ago – in 1920. The legal basis for the organization’s functioning was the Covenant of the League of Nations, incorporated into peace treaties concluded after the First World War. To a recently reborn Polish state aspiring to shape its relations in the international community, the membership in this organization was of great importance. Poland was the first state to establish the permanent delegation to the League of Nations. Polish representatives participated in the works of the main League’s bodies: the Assembly and the Council. Poland sought to obtain a permanent seat in the Council, while it was a semi-permanent member there. Poland was also a state that often participated in proceedings before the Permanent Court of International Justice. However, in the 1930s, due to organization’s ineffectiveness in preventing the international conflicts and resolving international disputes, has grown disappointment with the activities of the League of Nations among the Polish diplomacy.
Keywords:
the League of Nations, Covenant of the League of Nations, international organization, membership, bodies of the League of Nations, permanent delegationReferences
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